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Put some more thought into your pop

By Paul Shirley
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, July 27, 2009

Passion Pit is a current darling of the indie1 set. In 2008, the electropowerpop band released "Chunk of Change," an EP that was an extension of a four-song demo that lead singer Michael Angelakos gave his girlfriend for Valentine's Day. The songs on "Chunk of Change" are sweet like a watermelon Blow Pop coated in powdered sugar and dipped in unicorn dreams. They're so sweet, in fact, that it is difficult to believe the indie population -- once the bellwether for bands like Nirvana and Sound ...

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