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'''''Tremendous Sea of Love''''' is the fourth [[studio album]] by [[Passion Pit]], self-released on March 24, 2017, and later officially on July 28.
'''''Tremendous Sea of Love''''' is the fourth [[studio album]] by [[Passion Pit]], self-released on [[YouTube]] on March 24, 2017, and later officially released on July 28, 2017. Frontman and producer [[Michael Angelakos]] expressed a desire to embrace authenticity and rawness with the album in interviews. It was positively received by critics, who noted this intentional rawness and a more mature overall sound compared to the band's previous album, ''[[Kindred (Passion Pit album)|Kindred]]''.


== Background ==
== Background and production ==
During February and March 2017, several new Passion Pit songs were uploaded on YouTube on the account The Wishart Group (from the name of a project started by Michael Angelakos and dedicated to supporting musicians by providing them with legal, educational and healthcare services, with a focus on mental health, a topic on which Angelakos has been especially forthcoming), foreshadowing a fourth album for 2017. The songs have since been taken down, but Angelakos announced that he would give a downloadable copy of the album for free to anyone who retweeted neuroscientist Michael F. Wells' tweet on the importance of science and research.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.spin.com/2017/03/passion-pit-weneedscience-retweet-tremendous-sea-of-love-download/|title=If You Retweet Passion Pit to Support Science, You'll Also Get Their Album for Free|date=2017-03-23|website=Spin.com|access-date=2017-03-25}}</ref>
[[Passion Pit]] frontman [[Michael Angelakos]] had expressed a desire in a late 2015 interview to make his music more authentic, and a more accurate reflection of his own life.<ref name="COSReview">{{cite web|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/04/album-review-passion-pit-tremendous-sea-of-love/|title=Passion Pit – Tremendous Sea of Love | first=Tyler|last=Clark|date=April 24, 2017|work=[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]|access-date=May 10, 2017}}</ref> During February and March 2017, he uploaded [[Self-publishing|self-released]] ten songs forming ''Tremendous Sea of Love'' to a [[YouTube]] channel for The Wishart Group, Angelakos's company that offers legal and healthcare support for musicians.<ref name="VoxAbout">{{cite web |last1=Cook |first1=Nicky |title=What is Passion Pit's 'Tremendous Sea of Love' all about? |url=https://www.voxmagazine.com/music/what-is-passion-pits-tremendous-sea-of-love-all-about/article_e8336034-0f34-11e7-8bf3-7fa11ee071b3.html |website=[[Vox (magazine)|Vox Magazine]] |access-date=September 5, 2024 |date=March 29, 2017}}</ref><ref name="RollingStoneWishart">{{cite web |last1=Reed |first1=Ryan |title=Passion Pit Singer Forms Musician Support Services Company |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/passion-pit-singer-forms-musician-support-services-company-107642/ |website=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=September 5, 2024 |date=February 13, 2017}}</ref><ref name="EightTrackConsequence">{{cite web |last1=Geslani |first1=Michelle |title=Passion Pit roll out eighth new song of the month “Tremendous Sea of Love” — listen |url=https://consequence.net/2017/02/passion-pit-roll-out-eighth-new-song-of-the-month-tremendous-sea-of-love-listen/ |website=[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]] |access-date=September 5, 2024 |date=February 28, 2017}}</ref> The songs have since been taken down, but Angelakos announced that he would give a downloadable copy of the album for free to anyone who retweeted neuroscientist Michael F. Wells' tweet on the importance of science and research.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.spin.com/2017/03/passion-pit-weneedscience-retweet-tremendous-sea-of-love-download/|title=If You Retweet Passion Pit to Support Science, You'll Also Get Their Album for Free|date=March 23, 2017|website=[[Spin (magazine)|SPIN]]|access-date=March 25, 2017}}</ref>


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Angelakos posted a now-deleted reflection on the album to [[Twitter]], part of which stated that "today to edit, to revise, is to propagate a culture […] that is scared of acknowledging the truth and that is saying YOU ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH".<ref name="COSReview" />
Michael Angelakos to his fans on the perception of the album:
{{Blockquote|text=To You,


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On July 12, an official release date was set for July 28 on all streaming services.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/passion-pit-announces-tremendous-sea-of-love-official-release/|title=Passion Pit Announces Tremendous Sea of Love Official Release|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=July 11, 2017|access-date=July 12, 2017}}</ref>
'''Tremendous Sea of Love'''

is an album for us, for me, and for you.
Something happened when I started making music "professionally.”
What happened is I forgot how fun, how beautiful it was to share the version of my music that was not the "product."
When I say product, I mean the b version of the song, or album, that was done, finished, ready for a sale.
Revisions are important, but we are so good at revising, so concerned with presenting perfect versions of ourselves that we miss the point. We become upset when people don’t fully understand us, or assume things. . .
That, my friends, is the business we are in. No, we were in.
Because each song was quickly rendered, or written the night before it was uploaded, [and] was mixed to the best of my ability (after years of people telling me I couldn’t mix).
They were not perfect, but they were honest.
Honesty is important because clearly we can, as humans, detect falsehoods, and yet today we are discussing “alternative truths.”

This is not crazy, it is just a message saying:

ALL WE HAVE LEFT IS THE FIRST DRAFT

ALL WE HAVE LEFT ARE THE SPELLING ERRORS

ALL WE HAVE LEFT ARE THE ZITS AND IMPERFECTIONS WE E IT OUT
ALL WE HAVE LEFT IS THE CONFESSION THAT WE DO NOT KNOW EVERYTHING

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Because today to edit, to revise, is to propagate a culture, A BUSINESS that is archaic, that is scared of acknowledging the truth and that is saying YOU ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
I wrote this album to tell myself and to tell you that you were always good enough. That the money we spend agreeing with these people, it is adding insult to injury.
You are tremendous, you are truly the reason I have, have always, and could continue to have anything.
And you deserve a thank you.
I do not need your money.
I just want you, I just NEED you, to listen to me. No money can quantify what that means to me.
I really, truly love you.

Thank you.

M Angelakos.
|sign=|source=}}

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On July 12, an official release date was set for July 28 on all streaming services.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/passion-pit-announces-tremendous-sea-of-love-official-release/|title=Passion Pit Announces Tremendous Sea of Love Official Release|website=Pitchfork.com|date=July 11, 2017|access-date=July 12, 2017}}</ref>


== Critical reception ==
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = ''[[Consequence of Sound]]''
| rev1 = ''[[Consequence of Sound]]''
| rev1Score = B<ref name="COSReview" />
| rev1Score = B<ref name="Consequence of Sound">{{cite web|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/04/album-review-passion-pit-tremendous-sea-of-love/|title=Passion Pit – Tremendous Sea of Love | first=Tyler|last=Clark|date=April 24, 2017|work=[[Consequence of Sound]]|access-date=May 10, 2017}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Newsday]]''
| rev2 = ''[[Newsday]]''
| rev2Score = B+<ref name="Newsday">{{cite web|url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/tremendous-sea-of-love-review-passion-pit-s-album-for-a-cause-1.13847476|title=Tremendous Sea of Love' review: Passion Pit's album for a cause | first=Glenn|last=Gamboa|date=July 27, 2017|work=[[Newsday]]|access-date=February 26, 2019}}</ref>
| rev2Score = B+<ref name="Newsday">{{cite web|url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/tremendous-sea-of-love-review-passion-pit-s-album-for-a-cause-1.13847476|title=Tremendous Sea of Love' review: Passion Pit's album for a cause | first=Glenn|last=Gamboa|date=July 27, 2017|work=[[Newsday]]|access-date=February 26, 2019}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev3 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev3score = 7.5/10<ref name="pitchfork">{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/23142-tremendous-sea-of-love/|title=Passion Pit: Tremendous Sea of Love Album Review |first=Ian|last=Cohen|date=April 13, 2017|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|access-date=May 10, 2017}}</ref>
| rev3score = 7.5/10<ref name="PitchforkReview">{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/23142-tremendous-sea-of-love/|title=Passion Pit: Tremendous Sea of Love Album Review |first=Ian|last=Cohen|date=April 13, 2017|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref>
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''Tremendous Sea of Love'' was positively received by critics. Ian Cohen of ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' praised the album's rawness, and said it was a reaction to its predecessor, ''[[Kindred (Passion Pit album)|Kindred]]''.<ref name="PitchforkReview" /> ''[[The New Zealand Herald]]''{{'}}s George Fenwick also praised the album's "startling clarity" and "rawness", further stating that though some elements felt "disparate and scattered", that this may have been intentional on Angelakos's part to challenge established industry norms.<ref name="NZHeraldReview">{{cite web |last1=Fenwick |first1=George |title=Album review: Passion Pit, Tremendous Sea of Love |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/album-review-passion-pit-tremendous-sea-of-love/25MPUS7HEZQTBN46WFKZIBKE4A/ |website=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=September 5, 2024 |date=August 3, 2017}}</ref> ''[[Consequence of Sound]]''{{'}}s Tyler Clark argued that the album was a "return to [the] no-stakes music-making" of Angelakos's earlier records, such as ''[[Chunk of Change]]''. Clark also called the album a "tremendously personal sonic journal".<ref name="COSReview" />

The album also received reactions prior to its release on streaming. ''[[Vox (magazine)|Vox Magazine]]'' said the album was a "far cry from a marketable project", but said it had a more polished and mature sound than ''Kindred''. They further commented that the band appeared to be "prioritising artistry over commercial success" by self-publishing the songs to YouTube.<ref name="VoxAbout" />


== Track listing ==
== Track listing ==

Latest revision as of 03:43, 5 September 2024

Tremendous Sea of Love
Studio album by
Passion Pit
ReleasedMarch 24, 2017 (YouTube)
July 28, 2017 (official)
Length35:25
LabelWishart Group Recordings
ProducerMichael Angelakos
Passion Pit chronology
Kindred
(2015) 		Tremendous Sea of Love
(2017)

Tremendous Sea of Love is the fourth studio album by Passion Pit, self-released on YouTube on March 24, 2017, and later officially released on July 28, 2017. Frontman and producer Michael Angelakos expressed a desire to embrace authenticity and rawness with the album in interviews. It was positively received by critics, who noted this intentional rawness and a more mature overall sound compared to the band's previous album, Kindred.

Background and production

[edit]

Passion Pit frontman Michael Angelakos had expressed a desire in a late 2015 interview to make his music more authentic, and a more accurate reflection of his own life.[1] During February and March 2017, he uploaded self-released ten songs forming Tremendous Sea of Love to a YouTube channel for The Wishart Group, Angelakos's company that offers legal and healthcare support for musicians.[2][3][4] The songs have since been taken down, but Angelakos announced that he would give a downloadable copy of the album for free to anyone who retweeted neuroscientist Michael F. Wells' tweet on the importance of science and research.[5]

Angelakos posted a now-deleted reflection on the album to Twitter, part of which stated that "today to edit, to revise, is to propagate a culture […] that is scared of acknowledging the truth and that is saying YOU ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH".[1]

On July 12, an official release date was set for July 28 on all streaming services.[6]

Critical reception

[edit]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Consequence of SoundB[1]
NewsdayB+[7]
Pitchfork7.5/10[8]

Tremendous Sea of Love was positively received by critics. Ian Cohen of Pitchfork praised the album's rawness, and said it was a reaction to its predecessor, Kindred.[8] The New Zealand Herald's George Fenwick also praised the album's "startling clarity" and "rawness", further stating that though some elements felt "disparate and scattered", that this may have been intentional on Angelakos's part to challenge established industry norms.[9] Consequence of Sound's Tyler Clark argued that the album was a "return to [the] no-stakes music-making" of Angelakos's earlier records, such as Chunk of Change. Clark also called the album a "tremendously personal sonic journal".[1]

The album also received reactions prior to its release on streaming. Vox Magazine said the album was a "far cry from a marketable project", but said it had a more polished and mature sound than Kindred. They further commented that the band appeared to be "prioritising artistry over commercial success" by self-publishing the songs to YouTube.[2]

Track listing

[edit]

All tracks are written by Michael Angelakos

No.TitleLength
1."Moonbeam"1:17
2."Somewhere Up There"6:14
3."Hey K"4:03
4."To the Other Side"3:11
5."Tremendous Sea of Love"4:04
6."I'm Perfect"2:16
7."You Have the Right"3:06
8."Inner Dialogue"2:24
9."Undertow"4:23
10."For Sondra (It Means the World to Me)"4:34

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Clark, Tyler (April 24, 2017). "Passion Pit – Tremendous Sea of Love". Consequence. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Cook, Nicky (March 29, 2017). "What is Passion Pit's 'Tremendous Sea of Love' all about?". Vox Magazine. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  3. ^ Reed, Ryan (February 13, 2017). "Passion Pit Singer Forms Musician Support Services Company". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  4. ^ Geslani, Michelle (February 28, 2017). "Passion Pit roll out eighth new song of the month "Tremendous Sea of Love" — listen". Consequence. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  5. ^ "If You Retweet Passion Pit to Support Science, You'll Also Get Their Album for Free". SPIN. March 23, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  6. ^ "Passion Pit Announces Tremendous Sea of Love Official Release". Pitchfork. July 11, 2017. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
  7. ^ Gamboa, Glenn (July 27, 2017). "Tremendous Sea of Love' review: Passion Pit's album for a cause". Newsday. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
  8. ^ a b Cohen, Ian (April 13, 2017). "Passion Pit: Tremendous Sea of Love Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  9. ^ Fenwick, George (August 3, 2017). "Album review: Passion Pit, Tremendous Sea of Love". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved September 5, 2024.


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