Mind blowing goodness today here on the arrr-dubya.
One of my favorite songs of 2008 is Sleepyhead by Passion Pit. Well, my eyes have opened a little wider to find this wonderful reworking of the original by Emil&Friends.
It’s time to get to get out of bed, c’mon you sleepyhead, sleepyhead
I’m a sucker for things like that. Small little signature changes, kind of like the changes in the lyrics I talked about a few weeks ago in the diplo remix of I’m a Lady. This rework is a little easier on the ears than the falsetto of the original.
When Passion Pit’s version was the free single of the week, I saw a pretty funny review in iTunes.
I kind of agree, and this new rework does not sound like the hamster dance.
I can’t even begin to describe to you the music of Passion Pit. It is just something you have to experience. All I know is that I cannot stop listening to these guys. This Boston based pop group started as nothing more than an ambitious Valentine’s gift for lead singer Michael Angelakos’ girlfriend. But you’ll soon see why it quickly developed into a full-fledged band with an EP and plenty of live performance opportunities, including the chance to open for Death Cab For Cutie. They were picked up by the Frenchkiss label which gave us their first official release with the Chunk of Change EP coming out earlier this year. And they are in the process of working on a full-length to be released sometime in ’09, so the rumor goes. So open your ears and open your mind, because this is going to be a fun ride. Whatever you do just please give this song a full listen. Cause I am pretty sure that if you make it to the end you will really enjoy the strange but beautiful things that he does with the his voice and the keys and even the rhythm.
