Career
He is considered part of the New Weird America movement along with David Dondero, Devendra Banhart, Bright Eyes, and CocoRosie. His latest full-length album, Hypnosis for Happiness, was released in July 2013 on the Friendly Police United Kingdom label. His previous full-length album, Brokedown Gospel, was released on the Asian Manitoba Records label in July 2004.
He also releases music under the pseudonym Scout You Devil and as part of the songwriting duo Olney Clark.
His former projects were Substandard and The Record Time. As a young child and early teenager, Passmore was involved in the development of the online Bulletin Board system scene, and under the name skaboy he was the author of many applications of importance to the Bulletin Board System community, including the Infusion Bulletin Board System, Empathy Image Editor, Avenger Packer Pro, and Impulse Tracker Tosser.
Passmore was head programmer for ACiD Productions while working on many of these applications.