Artists Artist
Michael Angelakos
Michael Angelakos, born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1987, founded Passion Pit and writes, sings and produces its records. In July 2012, days before Gossamer came out, he cancelled the band’s remaining July shows to seek treatment for bipolar disorder and began speaking publicly about the illness.
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Band: songs, all vocals, instruments and programming; co-produced 
Review Electropop, Synth-pop
Passion Pit Gossamer
Michael Angelakos made Passion Pit's second album almost alone, with Nico Muhly strings, songs stacked to 157 tracks and lyrics about drink, money and his own mind.
Elmo Phelge · 4 Nov 2026