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Sleepyhead
"Sleepyhead" is the debut single from American electronic band Passion Pit, featured on their first EP, '' Chunk of Change'', and later on their debut album ''Manners''. The single was released on September 8, 2008. When the song had been re-released on ''Manners'', it had an updated sound. The music video showcases a series of images with clapping hands, instruments and Michael Angelakos singing, all together it mimicks the animation style of a zoetrope. The song contains samples of "Óró Mo Bháidín" by Mary O'Hara and "San Francisco Scene (The Beat Generation)" by Jack Kerouac ("and everything is going to the beat"). In the announcement trailer for the puzzle-platform game ''LittleBigPlanet 2 ''LittleBigPlanet 2'' is a 2011 puzzle-platform video game developed by Media Molecule and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3. The second main instalment in the ''LittleBigPlanet'' series and the third overall, it is ...'', the instrumental of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passion Pit
Passion Pit is an American indie pop band from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Formed in 2007, frontman and keyboardist Michael Angelakos is the band's primary recording member. As a touring act, the band currently consists of Angelakos (vocals, synthesiser), Chris Hartz (drums), Aaron Harrison Folb (bass, synthesiser), Giuliano Pizzulo (guitar, synthesiser), and Ray Suen (guitars, synthesiser). The band released their debut studio album ''Manners (album), Manners'' in 2009. A second album entitled ''Gossamer (album), Gossamer'' was released in 2012, which debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 and gave the band their first top 10 album. ''Kindred (Passion Pit album), Kindred'', the band's third album, was released on April 17, 2015. Their fourth album, ''Tremendous Sea of Love'', was self-released by the band in 2017. History Early years and ''Chunk of Change'': 2007–2009 The band formed in 2007. The band culled their name from the Variety Slanguage Dictionary, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manners (album)
''Manners'' is the debut studio album by American electropop band Passion Pit. It was released on May 15, 2009, by Frenchkiss Records. " The Reeling" was released as the album's lead single on May 11, 2009, and its music video was premiered on YouTube on April 21, 2009. A second single, " To Kingdom Come", was released in August 2009, followed by " Little Secrets" in December 2009. " Sleepyhead" was originally included on Passion Pit's first EP, '' Chunk of Change'' (2008), but was mastered for inclusion on ''Manners'' (none of the tracks on the EP were mastered). As of December 2009, the album had sold 82,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. A deluxe edition of the album was released on April 13, 2010, containing three bonus tracks and new artwork. The bonus tracks included stripped-down versions of "Moth's Wings" and "Sleepyhead" and a cover of the Cranberries' 1992 song "Dreams", which the band played live on their 2010 world tour. To celebrate the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Angelakos
Michael John Angelakos (born May 19, 1987) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the frontman of the indietronica band Passion Pit. Career Passion Pit (2008–present) The first Passion Pit songs, which would later become the '' Chunk of Change'' EP, were written by Angelakos at Emerson College as a belated Valentine's Day gift to his then-girlfriend. At first, he wrote and performed all his material alone using a laptop. After one of his solo shows in the Boston area, Ian Hultquist, who was attending Berklee at the time, approached Angelakos and expressed interest in creating and playing music collaboratively. They formed a group that consisted of Angelakos, Hultquist, Ayad Al Adhamy, Thom Plasse (bass), and Adam Lavinsky (drums). The band spent a considerable amount of time trying to flesh out a collaborative format and structure that would work best for them. Jeff Apruzzese and Nate Donmoyer joined the band shortly after they sig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chunk Of Change
''Chunk of Change'' is the debut extended play (EP) by American electropop band Passion Pit, released on September 16, 2008, by Frenchkiss Records and Columbia Records. A video for the single " Sleepyhead" was released in October 2008, directed by The Wilderness. The track was featured in the debut trailer for the 2011 video game ''LittleBigPlanet 2''. "Better Things" was sampled by the alternative hip hop duo Chiddy Bang for their 2009 song "Truth". Background The tracks "Better Things" and "Sleepyhead" were added for the commercial release of the EP. "Sleepyhead" was eventually included on Passion Pit's debut studio album, ''Manners'' (2009). Reception ''Pitchfork''s Tyler Grisham praised the EP, writing that it "deftly walks the line between beat-driven, Hot Chip floor geeking and twee atmospherics". Patrick Lyons of Seterogum writing for the EPs 10th anniversary, had still praised the EP with a groovy tone of teenage romance that Passion Pit held for its humble beginnings, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Reeling
"The Reeling" is a song by American electronic band Passion Pit. It was released on May 11, 2009, as the first single from the band's debut studio album, ''Manners''. The song features background vocals from the PS22 Chorus. Generally well received by music critics, the single entered the ''Billboard'' Alternative Songs chart in September 2009. In the United Kingdom, the single originally peaked at number 137, but was re-issued in January 2010, where it performed slightly better at number 99. With this improved showing, the record company then re-issued "Sleepyhead" in March 2010. The song was featured on soccer video game ''Pro Evolution Soccer 2011''. A music video for the song premiered in April 2009. It depicts a carefree night on the town and uses ripped-paper visual effects. A remixed version of "The Reeling" was used on the trailer for the fourth season of the British TV series '' Skins''. Critical reception Lou Thomas of the BBC praised the song's vocals and beats, and ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary O'Hara
Mary O'Hara (born 12 May 1935) is an Irish soprano and harpist from County Sligo. She gained attention on both sides of the Atlantic in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Her recordings of that period influenced a generation of Irish female singers who credit O'Hara with influencing their style, among them Carmel Quinn, Mary Black and Moya Brennan. In his autobiography ''Memoirs of an Irish Troubadour'' (2002), Liam Clancy wrote how her music inspired and influenced him and others of the folk revival period. Early life and career Mary O'Hara is the daughter of Major John Charles O'Hara, an officer in the British Corps of Royal Engineers, and his wife, Mai (née Kirwan). One of her sisters was actress Joan O'Hara, and her nephew is playwright Sebastian Barry. O'Hara won her first competition, Sligo's annual Music and Drama singing competition, at the age of eight, and made her first radio broadcast on Radio Éireann before she left school at the age of 16. She went on to per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LittleBigPlanet 2
''LittleBigPlanet 2'' is a 2011 puzzle-platform video game developed by Media Molecule and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3. The second main instalment in the ''LittleBigPlanet'' series and the third overall, it is a direct sequel to ''LittleBigPlanet''. Most of the more than 3 million levels created by users in the first game are playable and editable in ''LittleBigPlanet 2''. Unlike its predecessor, which was marketed as a platform game, ''LittleBigPlanet 2'' was marketed as a "platform for games", with more focus on its user-generated content. Support for PlayStation Move was added to the game through a software update in September 2011, allowing users to play the game using the PlayStation Move motion controller in conjunction with a Navigation Controller or beagle. The game's online functionality was officially discontinued after a lengthy period of outage on 13 September 2021, alongside services for ''LittleBigPlanet'' (2008), '' LittleBigPlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
