When it comes to his recent bipolar breakdown, Passion Pit front man Michael Angelakos has been uncomfortably open about how he nearly lost his band - and his life - to depression.
So it was a relief to see the sprightly singer bounding onto the Powerstation's stage and belting out the chirpy chorus to I'll Be Alright like a man without a care in the world.
Angelakos has an unusual singing style that's best described as an acquired taste: His searing falsetto soars high on record - but at previous New Zealand shows it often got lost amongst the band's many synth and keyboard riffs.
Those shows - at the 2010 Big Day Out, and later that same year in the same venue as tonight's performance - were also marred by poor sound and a lack of cohesion.
But Passion Pit were in sublime form tonight, belting through the relentless positivity of Carried Away and the synthy throb of The Reeling - with fans helping out on the catchy kindergarten chorus - like the seasoned festival performers they've become.
