Gossamer

    "Sick to the bone on the steps to my home. The moon shined through the drapery of leaves to her, to ignore everyone on my own, my true love, just to feel some made up breeze." These deep lyrics are from Cry Like a Ghost, from Passion Pit's second album, Gossamer, which was released July 24, 2012.
    The album is a huge hit and has even been said to be "the most dynamic and interesting, and downright manic pop albums in recent memory," according to NBC News. Gossamer is doing much better than anticipated, with an expected number of 10,000 albums to sell within the first week, it has sold over 295,000 copies in the first three days alone.
    Though the lyrics are upbeat and will make anyone who listens to it happy, if you listen close enough, you will notice the lyrics relate to depression, alcoholism, and even bipolar disorder, which frontman Michael Angelakos has been dealing with since the age of eighteen.
    "I'll be alright," Angelakos vocalizes in the second track. He says it with such hope, it makes you sympathetic and you want to believe him.
  The sound of Gossamer as a whole is very similar to the caffeine buzz you receive from listening to Passion Pit's debut album, Manners, but the lyrics have changed. As opposed to hearing "You'll always smile upon me when the seasons bad, You'll always make me feel best even when I'm blue.You'll always smile upon me and I'll smile upon you too," like you hear in their first album, you hear more depressing lyrics, such as "Well I've made so many messes and this love has grown so restless. You would like enough but just I won't let you go the mess.”

Overall, the album is a lyrical masterpiece. The poppy melody will remain in your head for long after you listen to Gossamer, which is definitely someone you won't mind.

Take a listen: http://youtu.be/dZX6Q-Bj_xg