Passion Pit...America's Hottest New Act announce debut UK Tour Dates

*America's hottest new band announce debut UK tour*

January 20, 2009, 05:18 PM

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Already being talked about as one of America’s great white hopes for 2009, Passion Pit have confirmed their highly anticipated UK live debut to coincide with the release of their ‘Chunk Of Change EP’ on 16th February ’09. The majority of the dates is part of a co-headline tour with Hockey (with additional support from Bear hands) throughout February and also includes an NME Awards show as support to Black Kids on Feb 18th at London's Koko venue. Playing as a five piece live, Passion Pit has already blown away audiences opening up for Death Cab For Cutie, Girl Talk, These New Puritans and more. Also winning the WFNX/Boston Phoenix Best Music Poll as the Best New Local Act of 2008.


Passion Pit have begun picking up significant media support on this side of the Atlantic; the band were recently voted #9 in the BBC Sound poll of acts to break in 2009 by UK media/industry (the same place as MGMT in '08) with early radio support from the likes of Zane Lowe, Rob Da Bank, Sarah Cox & Annie Mac on BBC Radio 1 and playlisted at xfm, BBC 6music.

Passion Pit were dubbed a “brilliant, heart winning ten legged electro-pop beast” by NME and an “undiluted, unalloyed joy” by the Guardian in their coveted ‘New Band Of The Day’ slot and also picked up ones to watch in 2009 mentions and features from NME, The Guardian, Daily Mail, the Guide, Clash, the Fly, The Sun SFTW amongst many others as we welcomed in the new year.

Boston’s Passion Pit is the brainchild of Michael Angelakos; A songwriter’s songwriter drawing from a variety of influences, from the classic pop of Randy Newman to the synth work of Giorgio Moroder. The Chunk of Change EP was originally put together as a (belated) Valentine’s Day present to Angelakos’ girlfriend which then prompted him to give it out to friends and fellow students at Emerson College. Angelakos wrote and recorded the entire album by himself and it only hints at what is to come from this extremely talented perfectionist. The production of the recording - brief, sporadic, and explosive - worked towards the development of Angelakos’ signature euphoric and blissfully melancholic sound.

Frenchkiss Records released the EP this fall in the US with the addition of two bonus tracks “Better Things” and “Sleepyhead” that are already catching the online world on fire, and the EP will get a full UK release in February through Frenchkiss/Columbia. All of this is in preparation for Passion Pit’s debut full length coming out in Spring 2009 which is currently being finished off as we type.

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