PTST: It seems like things are happening very quickly for you guys, signing to Frenchkiss, opening for Death Cab, winning Best New Act in the FNX Radio poll, how are you guys dealing with the quick rise through the indie ranks? Is it difficult to keep yourself grounded when so much praise and success is being heaped upon you?
Passion Pit:
We tend to look at each other from time to time, totally in awe,
thinking "how is this actually happening?" It's amazing. It's stressful
for us but we're obviously very excited. It's a nice surprise. I think
the most interesting facet to deal with is the blog world - all those
reactions. We're really a bit freaked out by it, but so far it seems to
be pretty positive. We're doing fine with it though - we don't really
take ourselves very seriously at all. I guess in the end it just seems
more overwhelming than anything else. I do think, however, that at
times we wish the attention could have come later. I suppose we feel
like we have a lot of work to do and we're never where we totally want
to be when things like this start happening. Hopefully this attention
affords us that kind of time, though - that time to really grow and
develop. We're very aware of it.
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