I’ve heard these fellows derisively described as ‘darlings of the blogosphere’, in that 21st Century perjorative which means… well I’m not sure exactly. That people like them, I suppose. Anyway, I haven’t exactly seen widespread enthusiasm, myself, but maybe I’m not looking in all the right places.

It’s just on the fringes of being way too electronic and frantic for me, and that atonal female wail seems like it’s daring me to call the whole thing tuneless garbage. It ain’t, though. It gets so very close to so many things I dislike that I am once more surprised to find myself really enjoying this six song (well, plus a remix) mini-album.

That distant female vocal, once you’ve adjusted, is really nice despite sometimes sounding like it was recorded in the middle of a football pitch on a mobile phone. Actually it is aspects like this and the odd rhythmic lurches that give this album the idiosyncrasy that I perhaps needed to separate it from a sea of things I don’t like. It’s not smooth. There isn’t an easy, pleasing sheen to this and I think that, as well as the satisfying, comfortable beat keeps me happy. It’s got shades of a slightly more sprightly, bleepsome Postal Service or a less irritating Scissor Sisters and I like it. Splendid.

Passion Pit – I’ve Got Your Number
Passion Pit – Sleepyhead

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