over the summer i began a love affair. with passion pit. those nerdy dudes in the photo above. i saw them play a show in government center. in august. outside. free. with beer and pizza and best friends. sounds pretty awesome, right? the band was formed by michael angelakos who originally just wrote some songs as a gift for his then-girlfriend. he went on to perform them with his laptop at school and later formed the band. their first album - manners - was released in may 2009. i bought the album. i love it. i love him. and i even got to meet him after a show in december:
being so into the album made me want to learn more about them. there is a really, really fantastic interview with michael angelakos on boston.com - read it here. it also led me to a really badass group of 5th graders from staten island: the ps22 chorus. passion pit used these tiny kids with huge voices to sing on 3 tracks on their album. these kids rule. they've performed all over the place, even for barack at the white house. whoa. look how rad they are:
their teacher, gregg breinberg selects 60-70 5th graders each year to be part of the chorus and teaches them lots of great, non-traditional songs and gets them involved with artists from all over like tori amos, rihanna stevie nicks and crowded house. seems like a pretty amazing dude to me.
here's a quick video of the kids singing with passion pit's angelakos (falsetto me!, swoon...) on "sleepyhead":
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