Passion Pit – Gossamer LP Discount

The long-awaited follow-up to Passion Pit s breakthrough album, 2009 s Manners, finds the band spinning shimmering silk from many intricately layered threads: airy synths, warm bass, crisp snares, crashing cymbals, singer Michael Angelakos expressive falsetto. Each song positively glows. Gossamer vacillates like a torrid romance: Every moment is touch and go, on and off, quiet as a whisper and then loud as a yell. Angelakos lyrics suggest a love life filled with ups and downs. Cry Like a Ghost, for example, finds him remembering a relationship trapped in a vicious cycle: Sylvia Right back where you came from you re a pendulum Heartbroken and numb. But he doesn t wallow in the sadness: Gossamer is pure catharsis. It s all about strength, moving forward, forgetting — and giving life to the party even as it doles out condolences to the lonely. – Austin Cooper, NPRv