Passion Pit Debuts Kindred

PASSION PIT’S KINDRED OUT NOW

TOURING NORTH AMERICA THIS SPRING

Kindred, the highly-anticipated new album from Passion Pit, is out now on Columbia Records.

In celebration of the release, Passion Pit will tour North America this spring, playing intimate venues in the U.S. and Canada. The band will make stops including Big Guava Music Festival, Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre, two nights at Washington D.C.’s 9:30 Club and many more. Tickets are available now via www.kindredthealbum.com/

The band recently unveiled the video for “Lifted Up (1985),” conceived by Passion Pit fontman Michael Angelakos and directed by Phil Andelman. Watch it here: http://smarturl.it/LiftedUpVid

Kindred was written by Passion Pit creative force and frontman Michael Angelakos and recorded in New York City. The album was produced by Angelakos alongside longtime collaborators and co-producers Chris Zane and Alex Aldi, as well as Benny Blanco.

Angelakos’ songwriting process for Passion Pit has always been to filter and reshape. Many sounds on Kindred that one would assume are synths are actually Angelakos’ voice, manipulated by computers and pedals. Angelakos frequently repurposes sound: using Top 40 signifiers for outré ends, crushing weird natural and synthetic detritus together into pop (Brent Katz, liner notes, 2015).

Kindred follows Passion Pit’s 2012 hit Gossamer, which found the band selling out Madison Square Garden, appearing on “Saturday Night Live” and a special “Live on Letterman” performance, and playing at major festivals including Lollapalooza, Governors Ball, Outside Lands and more.

PASSION PIT LIVE

April 26                                                    Norfolk, VA                                                    The Norva

April 28                                                    Boston, MA      Converse Rubber Tracks at The Sinclair

April 29                                                     Toronto, ON              Danforth Music Hall SOLD OUT

May 1                                                   State College, PA                                   Movin On Festival

May 2                                                       Richmond, VA                              WRXL Big Field Day

May 5                                                    Washington, D.C.                           9:30 Club SOLD OUT

May 6                                                    Washington, D.C.                           9:30 Club SOLD OUT 

May 8                                                        Tampa, FL                             Big Guava Music Festival

May 10                                                      Camden, NJ      Susquehanna Bank Center SOLD OUT

May 11                                                     Brooklyn, NY                        Kings Theatre SOLD OUT

May 13                                                       Chicago, IL                              Thalia Hall SOLD OUT

May 14                                                       Chicago, IL                              Thalia Hall SOLD OUT

May 17                                                     San Diego, CA       Observatory North Park SOLD OUT

May 19                                                       Seattle, WA           Showbox at the Market SOLD OUT

May 20                                                       Seattle, WA           Showbox at the Market SOLD OUT

May 22                                                Salt Lake City, UT             Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre

May 22-24                                                 El Paso, TX                         Neon Desert Music Festival

May 26                                                       Denver, CO                                             Ogden Theatre

May 27                                                      Boulder, CO                                           Boulder Theatre

May 29                                                         Reno, NV                      Grand Sierra Resort & Casino

May 30                                                        Napa, CA                                        BottleRock Festival

June 3                                                   Santo Domingo, DR                                              Barbarella

July 16-19                                                Pemberton, BC                         Pemberton Music Festival

July 19                                                        Portland, OR                                               Project Pabst

July 24-26                                              Oro-Medonte, ON                      WayHome Music Festival

July 25-26                                                    Detroit, MI                                           Mo Pop Festival

August 13                                              Manila, Philippines                               World Trade Center

Aug 15-16                                                     Tokyo, JP                                                SummerSonic