Marcel Winatschek

Passion Pit: I’ll Be Alright

Passion Pit always had this way of making you feel like maybe things would work out. Michael Angelakos had that earnestness even when the synths were swallowing everything—like he actually believed in the hooks he was writing. I’ll Be Alright does exactly that. It’s not trying to be complicated or clever. Just permission to think things might be okay, dressed up in enough production that you don’t have to feel too exposed about needing it.