Passion Pit

Overview

With a voice so high you picture him as a cartoon character, Michael Angelakos fronts the Massachusetts wonky popsters Passion Pit. After the release of the Chunk Of Change EP - purportedly a Valentine's offering to the singer/songwriter's then girlfriend, the band went on to explode from relative obscurity with the release of their debut Manners.

As is becoming increasingly the way for bands to get known these days, the Pit also licensed their catchy single Sleepyhead to countless advertisements and TV shows. Now they are touring as part of The Big Day Out and stopping by The Metro for their first ever Australian headline show. It will be interesting to see if they can pull off the big, thick layering and heavily built up vocals of their album - but they must be doing something right as they've opened for everyone from The Killers to Death cab For Cutie and are being praised from press and public worldwide.