Today I'm going to do a track-by-track review of Gossamer by Passion Pit. Here it goes:
Since this was the single for the album, you've probably already heard it, but it still is a very strong song. I would say it's one of the best songs on the album and has a lot of energy behind it. It's also one of the songs, that brakes through some of the monotony of the album, but more on that later...
Another very strong song, with a lot of energy. This song is just a lot of fun. This song has some of the strongest effects of any song on the album, especially the incredible intro...
This song is the beginning of the monotony of the album, but hasn't completely fallen for it yet. Another fun and energetic song, but not as strong as the first two track. There are moments where this songs shines such as the bridge, but during the verse and sometimes the chorus a lot of the energy goes away...
This is where the monotony shows its horrible face. This song is just plainly boring. I don't mind slowing down the pace, even for an energetic band like Passion Pit, but this doesn't work. I feel sleepy(head) just listening to it...
This song picks the pace up a bit, but still doesn't bring back up to the opening tracks. I really like the synth part, but otherwise the song is a bit weak. Not bad, but not great...
This song has a bit more energy than the last song, but still hasn't gotten the energy level back to where I want it to be. Again not bad, but still not reaching greatness...
This is the song I've been waiting for. Yes, it's still not as good as the first two tracka, but at least the energy is at an acceptable level. It's now fun again to listen to this music. The intro is awesome, but it could be a bit shorter. Hopefully, the rest of the album will pick up again...
My prayers have been fulfilled, the next song is fun, energetic, and plainly just really good. It could have a bit more to it, but at this point this is good enough...
This song put the energy level from the last song to shame. This is much more like the intro tracks, but they still haven't reached the awesomeness of those two songs. It's a good combination of the slow tracks and the energetic tracks...
As I look back the album, I realize that there is a flow to this album (a lot of the energy and then it gets slower, but picking up speed as it gets towards the end), so you expect this song to have a lot of energy, right? Well, you'd be right and wrong at the same time. This song has some very energetic parts, but then you get to the verse and it's super slow. I like the track and it works well as an ending to the album because the ending to the song is energetic, but I wish it could have been a bit more energetic...
Well there you have it. It might have sounded like I didn't like the album, but that isn't the case. I like a lot of the songs, but it needs to have more variety to hold up as an album. I consider myself a relatively big Passion Pit fan and was extremely disappointed when they recently cancelled my local show, but I don't think this is they're best album. Manners just has a lot more energy and variety then this album. I'm sad to say that I'm going to give the album a 6/10 stars, not because the songs are bad, but just because it just doesn't hold up as an album for the above reason. I would still recommend you to listen to the album, even if it a bit boring.
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EDIT (9/19/12): I know this is very late, but I would like to make a few comments about this review. First off, the public now knows the reason of why Passion Pit had to cancel their tour days, and that is because the lead singer, Michael Angelakos, is bipolar and was having problems with it when they were supposed to tour. Second, I read an interview with Michael and he said that this album was going in a different direction from their old albums, which I didn't exactly grasp at the time. While I won't change my review, I now understand the album a lot more and think higher of it than I did at the time of my review.
