Episode 14! Passion Pit: On Their Deeply Personal Discography and Michael Angelakos's Intimate Songwriting

In this week’s episode of Rhapsody In Reverie, Adrienne and Katarina discuss a huge favorite artist - Passion Pit. Frontman and songwriter, Michael Angelakos, has released deeply personal records such as Gossamer and most recently Tremendous Sea of Love. Listen to Adrienne and Katarina celebrate Passion Pit’s incredibly intimate discography, and open up about how Passion Pit’s music has soundtracked their lives and what it means to be human.

Show Notes

02:38 - Artist Introduction and Hint Recap
04:38 - How We First Discovered Passion Pit
13:13 - Chunk of Change EP Discussion
25:17 - Manners Discussion
25:48 - Discussing Angelakos’s Ability to Convey Complex Emotion and His Deeply Personal Discography
31:18 - Favorite Manners Songs
36:32 - Gossamer Discussion
38:13 - Favorite Gossamer Songs
48:28 - Kindred Discussion
53:39 - Favorite Kindred Songs
54:36 - Tremendous Sea of Love Discussion
59:04 - Passion Pit Final Thoughts and a Thank You to Michael Angelakos
01:01:25 - Up and Comers: Psychic Twin and Chris Reardon
01:05:38 - Outro
01:07:09 - Hint for Next Week’s Episode

Passion Pit Songs Mentioned in This Episode

04:48 - “Sleepyhead”
14:35 - “Sleepyhead”
19:07 - “Better Things”
23:42 - “Cuddle Fuddle”
25:21 - “Little Secrets”
31:29 - “The Reeling”
33:14 - “Fold In Your Hands” 
35:00 - “To Kingdom Come”
38:18 - “Take A Walk”
39:49 - “I’ll Be Alright”
41:40 - “It’s Not My Fault, I’m Happy”
43:24 - “I’ll Be Alright”
46:36 - “Carried Away”
47:00 - “Constant Conversations”
48:51 - “Lifted Up (1985)”
51:41 - “Until We Can’t (Let’s Go)”
52:28 - “Where The Sky Hangs”
53:52 - “All I Want”
53:52 - “Five Foot Ten (I)”
54:09 - “Dancing On The Grave”
55:38 - “I’m Perfect”
57:33 - “Undertow”
57:42 - “For Sondra (It Means The World To Me)”

Up and Comer Songs Mentioned in This Episode

01:03:23 - “Strangers” by Psychic Twin
01:04:43 - “Fighting Man’” by Chris Reardon

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