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Passion Pit - Lifted Up (1985)

Ecstatic yelps, familiar thumping percussion and syncopated synth keys, this is Passion Pit back at their unrestrained best.

17th February 2015

New England darlings Passion Pit have always been good for a smiley number, their shimmering, upbeat production rarely wavering, even in the face of serious subject matter. Despite frontman Michael Angelakos suggesting this was the first time he’d enjoyed making a record with his band, he’s always been decent enough not to let on, so we’ve been able to just grin and nod along to previous offerings none the wiser. Ignorance is bliss when it comes to synth pop.

Lead single ‘Lifted Up (1985)’ is, as it says on the tin, an uplifting number. Ecstatic yelps, familiar thumping percussion and syncopated synth keys, this is Passion Pit back at their unrestrained best. Lauding the excellent year that features in the title, you might be a little pressed to discern exactly what was so great about 1985 from the lyrics (but to confirm, it’s not a self congratulatory anthem about the year of Angelakos’ birth, which was 1987). Whatever the meaning, it’s full of good feels, so who really cares?! Then there’s the slightly disconcerting and fed-up little boy (also appearing in ‘Where The Sky Hangs’) staring over the back of his chair from the dinner table artwork, which is…nice.

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