Passion Pit’s Kindred Coming

PASSION PIT TO TOUR NORTH AMERICA THIS SPRING

NEW ALBUM KINDRED COMING APRIL 21

HEAR “LIFTED UP (1985)” AND “WHERE THE SKY HANGS” NOW

In celebration of the release of their new album Kindred, out April 21, Passion Pit will tour North America this spring, playing intimate venues in the U.S. and Canada. The band will make stops including SXSW, Buku and Big Guava Music Festivals, Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre, two nights at Washington D.C.’s 9:30 Club and many more. See below for full tour routing—fan pre-sale begins Tuesday, February 24 at 10:00 a.m. local time, with the public on sale Friday, February 27 at 10:00 a.m. local time.

Listen to Kindred tracks “Lifted Up (1985)” and “Where The Sky Hangs” via passionpitmusic.com and pre-order the album with the two tracks as instant downloads here.

Critical praise for Passion Pit:

“Passion Pit’s Michael Angelakos makes Technicolor electro-pop with monster hooks. But his songs are sturdy, versatile things…”—NPR Music

“Shiny, happy sounds define the music of Passion Pit…dizzying electronic stutters, wavery manipulated voices, chiming glockenspiels, stately pianos, female backup singers, twittering woodwinds and elegiac string sections. It’s larger and much cleaner than life—that is, until Mr. Angelakos’s lyrics sink in.”—The New York Times

“Michael Angelakos’ records don’t always sound human. The track-upon-track production mixes keyboards, guitars and orchestral instruments until it’s sometimes little more than a bundle of luminous accouterments. Yet below the ultra-modern glisten are little diaries of tough times and hard living, all of them graced with emotive, soul falsettos…”—Los Angeles Times

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

March 14                                            New Orleans, LA               Buku Music + Arts Festival

March 17                                                 Austin, TX                                 Fader Fort at SXSW

March 27                                               Phoenix, AZ      McDowell Mountain Music Festival April 26                                                 Norfolk, VA                                               The Norva

April 29                                                  Toronto, ON                              Danforth Music Hall

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

May 6                                                Washington, D.C.                                            9:30 Club May 8                                                     Tampa, FL                        Big Guava Music Festival

May 10                                                   Camden, NJ                      Susquehanna Bank Center

May 11                                                  Brooklyn, NY                                        Kings Theatre

May 13                                                    Chicago, IL                                              Thalia Hall

May 14                                                    Chicago, IL                                              Thalia Hall

May 17                                                 San Diego, CA                        Observatory North Park

May 19                                                   Seattle, WA                            Showbox at the Market

May 20                                                   Seattle, WA                            Showbox at the Market

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 29                                                     Reno, NV                  Grand Sierra Resort & Casino

May 30                                                     Napa, CA                                   BottleRock Festival

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

KINDRED TRACK LISTING

1. Lifted Up (1985)

2. Whole Life Story

3. Where the Sky Hangs

4. All I Want

5. Five Foot Ten (I)

6. Dancing on the Grave

7. Until We Can’t (Let’s Go)

8. Looks Like Rain

9. My Brother Taught Me How To Swim

10. Ten Feet Tall (II)