Before I get too ahead of myself, a little background is required: I have never heard one of their albums, I have never downloaded their music and with the exception of a friend’s ringtone, I have never heard one of their songs. And apparently I’m the only one.

Don’t take this the wrong way — I was really excited to see them live. I have this irking suspicion this would be the night I finally took the time to stumble upon my love for Passion Pit. I had always figured it was there and I had just not had the time to give it a proper welcome to my heart and iPod.

And so it began.

The lead singer picked up the microphone and proceeded to head in to a concert like I have never witnessed.

For a band known for inciting hipster rage-dance parties throughout the universe, the energy inside the Auditorium was surprisingly lacking.

The strobe light made the crowd jump, being spoken to made them yell back, and somehow everything else was just kind of … underwhelming.

Honestly, I haven’t seen so much uncomfortable dancing in one room since a middle school formal.

However that’s not to say the show was bad or uninteresting — quite the contrary. The instrumentals all were incredibly smooth for the fact that the whole thing was completely live and the singers voice, especially for a male, was reaching pitches I would have thought impossible. And doing so smoothly, no less.

My personal favorite aspect of the live performance was definitely an extremely lively and enthusiastic keyboard player who was jumping around at points like his life depended on it, all while keeping a great rhythm.

Throughout the show, the crowd definitely loosened up a little and the band stayed right on point, vocally and instrumentally. When the lead singer asked toward the end for the crowd to get up and dance, they most certainly obliged.

After demanding chants from the audience, the band returned to the stage for their encore and ended the show with their most well-known tune “Sleepyhead,” much to the crowd’s pleasure.

Musically I was, to say the least, impressed with their live talent. I can totally see where people would put them on at a party to have a killer dance party and an upbeat mood — the appeal they have for such an occasion really is undeniable. The group as a whole has an energy that meshes very well with each other.

However the grip they hold over such a wide audience is still kind of a mystery to me.

They were good, but not great. They were on point, but by no means enthralling, they were catchy, but … wait were they? I might never understand the mass hysteria and hype surrounding the band, and although their live show was definitely a quality one, I’m here to say, I don’t get it.

All of their songs kind of sound the same and although you can’t deny their talent, I’m afraid I’m just not that in to them. No matter how much I wanted to be or how much space in my heart I reserved for them earlier this week.

Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe I’m a jerk. Or maybe they’re just a touch overrated. They just weren’t the sort of passion I was looking for.