Passion Pit’s sound wasn’t the only thing that was too market-tested to be true upon arrival. In 2008, it seemed like this guy was injected with every attribute a certain breed of indie kid loved at the time - an earnestly yelpy voice, the ability to dial up quirky synth tones out of thin air, an ear capable of reducing omnivorous tastes into a cohesive package, a fondness for all things ’80s. “Smile Upon Me” is a romantic race against sunset “Cuddle Fuddle” is a devotional ode to snuggling that folds in a “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” sample “Sleepyhead” is a cut-and-paste pocket symphony that shouldn’t work but absolutely does. Whether moving along at New Order pace or to the rhythm of chintzy hip-hop beats, he grooved and contorted his limited palette into blissful synth-pop. When his voice peaked into the red on opener “I’ve Got Your Number,” it was clear he didn’t yet possess the precision-oriented studio-rattery of, say, Hot Chip, but his raw melodic instincts and inventive production choices certainly didn’t make you long for something more clinical. The music is almost inextricable from its era.Īngelakos’ bedroom pop was endearingly homespun and laptop-lo-fi at a time when that was still a novelly twee concept, but it sparkled and moved with expertise beyond its sonic constraints. Any of the other sugar rush greatest hits from that year - Cut Copy’s In Ghost Colours, M83’s Saturdays = Youth, Hot Chip’s Made In The Dark, MGMT’s Oracular Spectacular, Black Kids’ Partie Traumatic, the Ting Ting’s We Started Nothing, Starfucker’s self-titled - still fit seamlessly next to any song from Chunk Of Change, Passion Pit’s debut EP that was released 10 years ago today.Ĭhunk Of Change conjures up visions of band logos being screen-printed onto American Apparel skinny tees, teens discovering tracks on Hype Machine, future Frenchkiss and Neon Gold bands spawning ad infinitum, and blog-rap producers lining up to sample it. 2008 was a moment when rainbow-hued, fizzy, synthy indie rock reigned supreme, and nobody did it quite like Michael Angelakos and Co. SleepyHead source code is currently available from: SleepyHead is copyright (C) 2011-2017 Mark Watkins (Jedimark) Contact Software License OS Icons used on this site by icons8.Based on their early aesthetics alone, Passion Pit arrived at exactly the right time. I'm no longer developing SleepyHead, but donations are still acceppted if you wish to show appreciation for my past work. SleepyHead is open source software, and is the result of thousands of hours of hard work. Ubuntu 15.04 1.0.0-beta-1 SHA1: c02bb57a07182900675b5e227f469e5dd90c2949 Mirrors Jedimark's Server (Singapore) Notes This build is ONLY for ubuntu 15.04, sorry linux guys & gals, if this isn't you, you'll have to build from source MacOSX 10.7+ 1.0.0-beta-2.2 SHA1: c49000b5498a7ed9f6f0d40c5cd31a88043ba221 Mirrors Jedimark's Server (Singapore) Notes I made a snafu with the 1.0.0-beta-2 build that mucked up bookmarks. You need to uninstall the old version first if you want to install from this download. You can also upgrade via the Maintenance Tool but it needs to be run as administrator. I'm trying to rebuild the installer framework to work around it. WinXP/Vista/7/8/10 1.0.0-beta-2 SHA1: b6bcef3b28a88d80d474224861c8ab57e20bcf63 Mirrors Jedimark's Server (Singapore) Notes Note: Kaspersky AntiVirus is falsly flagging SleepyHead installer as malware. :( See here for the official announcement SleepyHead project is NOT affiliated in any way with ApneaBoard or Sleepyhead.be No Free & Open Source Software developer should have to endure that. SleepyHead SleepyHead Project has shut downĪfter repeated hostile takeover attempts, undermining, betrayal, and torrents of abuse, I have no desire to continue subjecting myself to working under those condtions. Български 简体中文 Deutsch English Español Suomi Français Italiano Nederlands Português Svenska
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