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Passion Pit’s  2008 debut  EP Chunk  of Change  was full of  approximately  234 samples,  instruments and hooks, all made  sense of by chief songwriter  Michael Angelakos. 

This formula and Angelakos’s  distinctive falsetto proved a  winning combination on the  2009 album Manners. For  Gossamer, he reportedly heaped  over 150 instrumental layers on  one track, then had to mute half  of them to make the song work. 

Gossamer is, consequently,  a bewildering earful. “I’ll Be  Alright” is a digi-pop explosion  of helium-squeaky samples and  skittering beats, while “On My  Way” and “Hideaway” are shrill  Flaming Lips facsimiles. But  there are moments of excellence  (and relative minimalism),  particularly the R&B slow jam  “Constant Conversations” and  the twinkling bounce of “Carried  Away”. Throughout, Angelakos  sugarcoats lyrics of strife  and self-loathing with skippy  sunshine melodies, adding yet  another, more welcome layer.  

I'LL BE ALRIGHT MUSIC VIDEO