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  • Week #7 Passion Pit - Manners Selected by Alex via Sara or Greg Overall Score: 7.5 ______________________________________________________________________________ Marcus’s Review: Creativity/Artistry: 8Talent/Instrument Skill: 6Structure/ Composition: 8Replayability: 7Growth/ Maturity: 8 Average: 7.4 Comment: I downloaded Passion Pit a couple of weeks ago for Greg. I think this might have been suggested by Alex? to Sara or something. My comment at the time was that I wanted to throw it in Logic Pro and bring it down an octave and I think I would love it. I am impressed by how much I remember from that initial listen when I started it this morning. The song structures are well thought out and catchy as hell. The keyboards are all over the place. I wish there was more guitar but thats just me. My only complaints really are the piercingly high vocals and repetitiveness that seems to stem from it. I had Replayability at a 9 when I started this album but as I go through this, the vocals start to bleed together and I lose the song breaks so I am knocking that down a couple for good measure. Overall though, this is still a really good album. Best Songs: “Make Light” & “Swimming in the Flood” ______________________________________________________________________________ Jason’s Review: Creativity/Artistry: 7Talent/Instrument Skill: 6Structure/ Composition: 7Replayability: 7Growth/ Maturity: 8 Average: 7 Comment: My tolerance for electro pop rock has definitely grown over the last few months, because there is no way I would have given this record a full listen earlier this year. The vocals are a bit too piercing over the whole of the record, but luckily he takes a break every now and again. This is definitely something I could listen to during work to lighten the mood, but I don’t see myself listening to in the car or at home very much. Best Songs: “Folds in Your Hands” & “Sleepyhead” ________________________________________________________________________________ Alex’s Review: Creativity/Artistry: 8Talent/Instrument Skill: 8Structure/ Composition: 8Replayability: 9Growth/ Maturity: 8 Average: 8.2 Comment: Love these guys.  Some of the guys got together and formed a band called Discovery (which if you can beleive or not might be even more electronic), which is also worth listening to.  Anyways, I like watching them live on youtube, their shows look fun.  More importantly, the album is good, I’d replay it to get into an upbeat mood.  Gots to love fun music. Best Songs: “Folds in Your Hands”, “Sleepyhead”, “The Reeling”, “Swimming in the flood”, “Let your love grow tall” ________________________________________________________________________________ EDIT THIS POST TO ADD YOUR REVIEW BELOW.

    Week #7

    Passion Pit - Manners

    Selected by Alex via Sara or Greg

    Overall Score: 7.5

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    Marcus’s Review:

    Creativity/Artistry: 8
    Talent/Instrument Skill: 6
    Structure/ Composition: 8
    Replayability: 7
    Growth/ Maturity: 8

    Average: 7.4

    Comment: I downloaded Passion Pit a couple of weeks ago for Greg. I think this might have been suggested by Alex? to Sara or something. My comment at the time was that I wanted to throw it in Logic Pro and bring it down an octave and I think I would love it. I am impressed by how much I remember from that initial listen when I started it this morning. The song structures are well thought out and catchy as hell. The keyboards are all over the place. I wish there was more guitar but thats just me. My only complaints really are the piercingly high vocals and repetitiveness that seems to stem from it. I had Replayability at a 9 when I started this album but as I go through this, the vocals start to bleed together and I lose the song breaks so I am knocking that down a couple for good measure. Overall though, this is still a really good album.

    Best Songs: “Make Light” & “Swimming in the Flood”

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    Jason’s Review:

    Creativity/Artistry: 7
    Talent/Instrument Skill: 6
    Structure/ Composition: 7
    Replayability: 7
    Growth/ Maturity: 8

    Average: 7

    Comment: My tolerance for electro pop rock has definitely grown over the last few months, because there is no way I would have given this record a full listen earlier this year. The vocals are a bit too piercing over the whole of the record, but luckily he takes a break every now and again. This is definitely something I could listen to during work to lighten the mood, but I don’t see myself listening to in the car or at home very much.

    Best Songs: “Folds in Your Hands” & “Sleepyhead”

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    Alex’s Review:

    Creativity/Artistry: 8
    Talent/Instrument Skill: 8
    Structure/ Composition: 8
    Replayability: 9
    Growth/ Maturity: 8

    Average: 8.2

    Comment: Love these guys.  Some of the guys got together and formed a band called Discovery (which if you can beleive or not might be even more electronic), which is also worth listening to.  Anyways, I like watching them live on youtube, their shows look fun.  More importantly, the album is good, I’d replay it to get into an upbeat mood.  Gots to love fun music.

    Best Songs: “Folds in Your Hands”, “Sleepyhead”, “The Reeling”, “Swimming in the flood”, “Let your love grow tall”

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    EDIT THIS POST TO ADD YOUR REVIEW BELOW.

    Posted 2 years ago.