Passion Pit announce second album ‘Gossamer’

US electro-pop darlings Passion Pit have today announced they will release their second album in July. Called Gossamer, the album is the follow-up to their 2009 debut album Manners – which featured the awesome ‘Sleepyhead’, above. According to their official website, Passion Pit will release Gossamer on 24 July. The band are playing a full […]

Watch: Passion Pit – ‘Cry Like A Ghost’ video

‘Cry Like A Ghost’ is the latest highlight from Passion Pit’s second album Gossamer to get the video treatment, following ‘Take A Walk’ and ‘Carried Away‘. The video was directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert who say it depicts a girl “dancing through her relationships… we’re trying to show how messy, confusing, funny, and sad […]

Passion Pit – ‘Gossamer’ album review

Passion Pit – ’Gossamer’ [rating:3/5] Buy: Gossamer If you enjoyed the wildly infectious melodies and modern pop sensibilities of Passion Pit’s 2009 debut Manners, then there’s plenty in second album Gossamer to keep you interested. ‘Take A Walk’ and ‘I’ll Be Alright’, the first two tracks to emerge from Gossamer, are everything that’s great about […]

Passion Pit: Single – ‘Take A Walk’

Passion Pit – ‘Take A Walk’ I never realised just how much I’ve missed Passion Pit until they dropped this little beauty earlier today – it’s bouncy, sun drenched melody was just what the doctor ordered in this dull, wet and windy Spring weather! Check it out: ‘Take A Walk’ isn’t a massive diversion from […]

Watch: Passion Pit release new video for ‘Carried Away’

Passion Pit have released another video for ‘Carried Away’, following on from the pretty cool promo video for Tiesto’s remix. The new video sees singer Michael Angelakos and One Tree Hill actress Sophia Bush act out a fairly argumentative relationship, which gets gradually more weird and surreal. Check it out: ‘Carried Away’ is the latest single […]

Top 100 Songs of 2012 – part 3

Part 3 of Philip Lickley’s personal list of the best songs of 2012. If you would like to contribute to All-Noise, get in touch on [email protected] Top 100 Songs of 2012 – Part 3 It’s time to break into the top fifty of my favourite 100 songs of the last twelve months… 50. Status Quo […]