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''Chunk of Change'' is the debut
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, released on September 16, 2008, by
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. 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 ''
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''. "Better Things" was
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for their 2009 song "
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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, ''
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Reception

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''s Tyler Grisham praised the EP, writing that it "deftly walks the line between beat-driven,
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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, "Angelakos’ 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.".


Track listing


Sample credits

* "Sleepyhead" contains elements from "Óró Mo Bháidín" by Mary O'Hara.


Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Chunk of Change''. *
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, ...
– recording * Ian Hultquist – vocal engineering * Frank Napolski – artwork, layout


Charts


Release history


References

{{Authority control 2008 debut EPs Columbia Records EPs Passion Pit albums