I don’t know what recently jogged my memory long enough to wonder what Passion Pit was up to, but just a few days after (briefly) pondering the time that had passed since 2009’s Manners, the Cambridge, Massachusetts band debuted a new single, “Take A Walk.”

“Take A Walk” previews Passion Pit’s sophomore album, Gossamer, due July 24. Besides garnering attention simply because it’s been nearly three years, the track’s gotten some buzz for its recounting of economic troubles (taxes, bills, depleted pensions, bad investments) uncomfortably reflective of current times.

While the subject matter is financial gloom and doom — personal history rather than political statement, says frontman Michael Angelakos — the irresistible chorus to “Take A Walk” provides the biggest pay off. Just as few seemed to notice (or care) that Foster The People’s “Pumped Up Kicks” was about school gun violence as it grew into a multi-format monster hit last summer, Passion Pit’s “Take A Walk” might similarly take off, with folks embracing the stomp and totally ignoring the circumstance. (Interestingly, both bands are signed to Columbia.)

Purchase Passion Pit – “Take A Walk” via iTunes, Amazon MP3.