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During SXSW, Passion Pit were the last featured performance during an outdoor party that also included beloved and established acts including The Wrens and Daniel Johnston.

Ahh, Passion Pit. A band named after a drive-in theater where prepubescents go to make out. The imagery pouring from their music indeed strikes feelings of school-kid age simplicity, fun and love of life. But there's something deeper. Beyond the synthesizers and electronic back beats, sincerity collides with a wistful narrative. They first hit the scene in early 2009 with their Chunk of Change LP, sufficiently snowballing into an "it band." By the time South by Southwest rolled around, the alliterated name was being muttered left and right and up and down.