![]() ![]() This is music that begs to be shared with as many people as possible. At times, an almost celestial beauty comes frothing out ("Moth's Wings", "Make Light") at others, the ants-in-your-pants enthusiasm overwhelms ("Little Secrets", "The Reeling"). But helium-voiced frontman Michael Angelakos keeps the whole affair from collapsing into diabetic shock by grounding it in an undercurrent of melancholy, howling lyrics about loss and decay with the kind of roof-raising sincerity shared by the likes of U2 and Arcade Fire. Passion Pit's debut album can seem to come on like a big, friendly dog slobbering you with kisses: one part "Eww, too much!" and two parts "Aww, I can't resist!" Manners' day-glo playground lite-funk desperately wants to be loved, stopping at nothing (Children's choirs! Velveeta disco synths! Smoove sax samples!) to deliver high-fructose hooks straight to the part of the brain that lusts after Froot Loops and chocolate milk. ![]() The rest of us will be gravitating towards the throbbing, Santigold-assisted "Hold the Line", the incessant "When You Hear the Bassline" and especially the buoyant, irresistible club-hopper "Keep It Goin' Louder". Few listeners are likely to single out, say, "What U Like" as a favorite track, but hey, if ultra-graphic raunch is what you're looking for, you're in luck. Jamaican dancehall may be the overriding stylistic theme, but there's such a multiplicity of sounds, subjects, and stances crammed under that banner here that hardly anyone should have trouble finding something in short order to enjoy (and, perhaps, to disdain). One of Mark Twain's most famous and oft-repeated (albeit typically in a slightly mangled way) aphorisms is, "If you don't like the weather in New England, just wait a few minutes." The sentiment holds true for Guns Don' t Kill People- Lazers Do, the debut fruit of Diplo and Switch's collaborative project, Major Lazer. ![]()
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