All of the band members attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, with the exception of Angelakos, who attended Emerson College.

The band culled their name from the Variety Slanguage Dictionary, a glossary of Variety's frequently-used slang, which was provided by the Hollywood Insider publication to help not-so-savvy readers decipher its content. The magazine used the term to refer to drive-in theatres, because of their privacy and romantic allure for teenagers

In the 2012 listeners of Australia's alternative radio station Triple J Hottest 100, voted "Take A Walk" into number 46 of the hottest 100 tracks for the year.

Passion Pit's lead singer told Rolling Stone he had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder when he was 18, and he sometimes experiences particularly debilitating bouts of depression.

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