Passion Pit – Tonight, Tonight

Levi’s have decided to invite ‘pioneering musicians from pop, rock, soul and rap to re-craft the classic songs which inspired their sound’. The outcome: a fabulously nebulous collection of tunes by varied artists which in many ways bare no relation to what they do as artists now.

Passion Pit - Levi's Pioneer Sessions

Now really the only song I actually like from the site is the Passion Pit cover of Tonight,Tonight by the Smashing Pumpkins. However, its probably best to admit that I havent listened to the whole collection which is availiable at at the Levi’s Pioneers Sessions site here. All of the tracks are available to download for free. I have however taken the liberty at uploading the Passion Pit cover to The Whole Truth. One to save you money and secondly because it feels good to legitimately post a song on a blog.

Passion Pit “Tonight, Tonight” – Smashing Pumpkins Cover

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Lauded electro-pop band Passion Pit have re-crafted the Smashing Pumpkins‘ “Tonight, Tonight” in a manner that is at once reverent and full of daring. Michael Angelakos’ affinity for the song is clear in the way his high voice hems to the original melody. But where the Pumpkins went for ambitious grandiosity, Angelakos submerges the song into an electronic world of synth.

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