Where We Belong: The Story of Passion Pit, Michael Angelakos, and Their Rise to Fame

It was a sleepy, wet Saturday morning in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The five year-old, Michael, had just put the finishing touches on one of his usual slapdash, but out-of –the-box songs. He was known for writing a new song at least once a week, performing with his younger brother on the weekends. It was the usual material a person of his age group would have been recognized to write. Michael was known to be a troubled boy, but his parents didn’t think much of it. Writing songs was how he expressed his feelings, without being too upfront. The young Michael Angelakos hated, and still does disdain being obvious with his song lyrics. He takes pride in leaving the listener pondering; waiting, anticipant, and hungry for more.

All throughout high school, Angelakos formed multiple bands but never quite followed through with any of them. Known for being a busy and enthusiastic face around his school, Michael was always working on something. Ironically, he never seemed to get good grades; his mind was often elsewhere. However, after pushing his way through senior year, Angelakos was accepted to Boston’s Emerson University, where he studied music, but was eventually diagnosed with bipolar disorder that same year.“People don’t understand that it’s not just debilitating,” he explained in a press conference earlier…