Passion Pit
Nupur Behera
Issue date: 6/2/09 Section: Entertainment
Before heading for Texas, Passion Pit played their last west coast show at the Glass House in Pomona on Saturday.
Prior to their set, solo artist Cale Parks took the stage, previously a drummer for the bands Aloha and White Williams. Clearly mastering all types of percussion, Parks based his songs solely off of synths, drum beats and vocals. Jumping from the drums to the microphone, he played a short set of songs off of his albums "Sparklace" and "Illuminated Manuscript".
The next band consisted of six New Yorkers called The Harlem Shakes. The '90s-inspired band was complete with a saxophone player and harmonizing vocal touches from the guitarist and bassist. The band played the title track of their newest album "Technicolor Health" as lead singer Lexy Benaim, sounding a bit like Reggie Youngblood of Black Kids, smirked at the audience.
Passion Pit went on about a half-hour later as the venue started to fill up. Dispersed screams could be heard from the crowd as the band started setting up. As lead singer Michael Angelakos went onstage, the crowd went in an uproar to welcome the curly haired five-piece band.
The band instantly started off with a track from their new album "Manners" called "Make Light". They followed with "Better Things", taking the audience back to their EP "Chunk of Change".
The band's upbeat mixes and the audience's vigorous dancing steamed up the room as Angelakos screamed, "Turn on the air-con!" before going into their next song, "Let Your Love Grow Tall".
After Angelakos tried to sell the band's merchandise and complained about his bad salesmanship, they went into their next song "Little Secrets". This catchy beat got the crowd dancing as they took the place of the choir-sung chorus, singing the lyrics "No one needs to know we're feeling/Higher and higher and higher."
The bassist and guitarist started clapping on the drummers beat as he started off "I've Got Your Number". With the entire album being made on a helium-infused vocal sound, Angelakos tried his best to hit all the high notes of the song while gripping the edges of his black keyboard tightly during the chorus.
Prior to their set, solo artist Cale Parks took the stage, previously a drummer for the bands Aloha and White Williams. Clearly mastering all types of percussion, Parks based his songs solely off of synths, drum beats and vocals. Jumping from the drums to the microphone, he played a short set of songs off of his albums "Sparklace" and "Illuminated Manuscript".
The next band consisted of six New Yorkers called The Harlem Shakes. The '90s-inspired band was complete with a saxophone player and harmonizing vocal touches from the guitarist and bassist. The band played the title track of their newest album "Technicolor Health" as lead singer Lexy Benaim, sounding a bit like Reggie Youngblood of Black Kids, smirked at the audience.
Passion Pit went on about a half-hour later as the venue started to fill up. Dispersed screams could be heard from the crowd as the band started setting up. As lead singer Michael Angelakos went onstage, the crowd went in an uproar to welcome the curly haired five-piece band.
The band instantly started off with a track from their new album "Manners" called "Make Light". They followed with "Better Things", taking the audience back to their EP "Chunk of Change".
The band's upbeat mixes and the audience's vigorous dancing steamed up the room as Angelakos screamed, "Turn on the air-con!" before going into their next song, "Let Your Love Grow Tall".
After Angelakos tried to sell the band's merchandise and complained about his bad salesmanship, they went into their next song "Little Secrets". This catchy beat got the crowd dancing as they took the place of the choir-sung chorus, singing the lyrics "No one needs to know we're feeling/Higher and higher and higher."
The bassist and guitarist started clapping on the drummers beat as he started off "I've Got Your Number". With the entire album being made on a helium-infused vocal sound, Angelakos tried his best to hit all the high notes of the song while gripping the edges of his black keyboard tightly during the chorus.
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