Thursday, 28 May 2015

That's Entertainment : Walk The Moon


It’s been a while.  But if you’ll have me, I’ll be back.

So, oft accused of living in the past, I’m hitting you up with a band that is cresting a wave at the moment, currently sitting at #4 on the ARIA Pop Charts and #3 on the Billboard Top 100 in the USA.  

Walk The Moon - apparently named after The Police song Walking on the Moon.

This is a band who has been around for 4-5 years and released their 2nd proper album just before Christmas last year.  But through good old fashioned slow burn, their outrageously catchy ear worm Shut Up & Dance is peeking at the top end of the world’s charts.  And considering the instant gratification releases now - where artists or bands who don’t debut at #1 are seen as failures - this is a mighty fine effort.

For me, it all came from chance.  I had RAGE on for the first time in forever last Saturday and they do the Top 20 Countdown again.  So up bobs this song with it’s retro cool sounding tune, big BIG catchy lyrical hooks and nerdy but rad video clip (seriously…a chromakey suit!!!  A band after my own heart).  So in the new world, I check RAGE’s playlist, find the band, find the clip and about an hour later, I’d bought the album and fallen in love with it.

It’s got to the point this week, Zach sighed in the back seat of the car as I played Shut Up & Dance for the umpteenth time and said “why do we have to listen to this song…again!?!?”.

Because that’s what daddy does.  

With its New Wave inspirations and noodling synths, chip tune tones, shouty choruses and plenty of awesome sounding anthems that will rock your next party, Walk The Moon look like a band with the world at their feet.  And yep…you got me.  It is retro sounding, but also so damn contemporary.  It’s like having your cake and eating it too.  And then eating your co-worker’s slice of cake…and drinking their coffee.  Then raiding the fridge and eating their lunch they brought in from home.

Don’t believe me.  Nab the whole 12 track album for $12.99 at JB HI FI.  It won’t disappoint and it will leave you smiling and dancing for days.  

Being so nerdy has never been so cool.




















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