Passion Pit

Passion Pit walks a fine line between alternative electropop and arena-melting rock (not the hair metal kind, though, thank God) — it’s a style of music that sounds progressive and technological, just like Passion Pit’s digital strategy. The band’s work is abundantly available on the web in streaming and downloadable forms, not to mention a plethora of videos. The latest album, Gossamer, owes much of its success to social media word of mouth. Here are the links to listen.

iTunes

Amazon

Spotify

Rdio

Passion Pit’s “Take a Walk” gets a Soundplay game from Pitchfork

Passion Pit’s “Take a Walk” gets a Soundplay game from Pitchfork

It’s pretty uncommon — but not unheard of — for music artists to get their own video games, but a series of projects called Soundplay by music publication Pitchfork and its partner Kill Screen has been cranking out music artist-based games for a while now. The latest translates Passion Pit’s hit single “Take a Walk” from the new album Gossamer into [...]

New Passion Pit and The Gaslight Anthem albums hit iTunes, Spotify

New Passion Pit and The Gaslight Anthem albums hit iTunes, Spotify

This is a big week for refined fans of contemporary rock music. Critical darlings Passion Pit and The Gaslight Anthem released new albums online in the past day, and you can download or stream both of them on everything from iTunes to Spotify. The Gaslight Anthem’s new record is titled Handwritten and Passion Pit’s is called Gossamer. We’ve discussed Passion Pit [...]

Passion Pit’s new album Gossamer is now streaming at NPR

Passion Pit’s new album Gossamer is now streaming at NPR

Did Passion Pit’s new single “Take a Walk” stir your curiosity when it debuted a few weeks ago? You can satisfy that curiosity by listening to the entire new Passion Pit album (titled Gossamer) streaming online for the first time today. It’s an NPR “First Listen” exclusive. Update: Passion Pit’s Gossamer is now available on Spotify, iTunes, Rdio and more. Gossamer is [...]

Watch: The new video for “Take a Walk” by Passion Pit

Watch: The new video for “Take a Walk” by Passion Pit

Passion Pit just released the music video for “Take a Walk,” the first single off its forthcoming LP Gossamer. You can watch the Vevo/YouTube video embedded below and pick up the track for any number of digital storefronts or streaming services. As we said when the single for “Take a Walk” first hit the street, the band seems to be [...]