And, in a way, the song is also about him. It was about how they dealt with strife, and obviously the way I’ve dealt with strife was extraordinarily unhealthy, and that’s the point.Īs Angelakos said, the song is really about his family each verse is about a member of his family at one point in their lives - from an immigrant selling flowers outside Penn Station to a well-heeled (though financially strapped) member of society. These are all true stories this is my grandfather and so on. But I found it interesting because it talked about, like, my genetics before going into myself and my life. I didn’t even really want it to go on the record. In an interview with TimeOut magazine, Angelakos said of Take a Walk: Whereas the subsequent tracks dive into Angelakos' personal struggles, Take a Walk opens the album with an anecdote about the struggles of his ancestors. The first single off of Passion Pit’s 2nd full length album Gossamer sees frontman Michael Angelakos exploring new themes in his music.
