Walking The Moon Again

In one of my first blogs I talked about a new up-and-coming band out of Cincinnati, Ohio and their first (self titled) album, Walk The Moon.  As I was searching the new music that so happened to appear on Spotify, I saw that Walk the Moon had released a new EP entitled Tightrope EP (named after one of the songs on their first album).  This EP has 3 new originals ("anywayican," "Tete-A-Tete," and "Drunk in the Woods") a re-release of "Tightrope," and acoustic version of the song, and a cover of Talking Heads smash hit "Burning Down the House."  

I personally do not like "anywayican" as much as the other two so if you want to hear it you'll have to look it up yourself, sorry.  In "Tete-A-Tete," they go back to their "roots" in a sense by using falsetto throughout the song, most notably in the chorus. The harder, more punk rockish guitar aspects to the song are juxtaposed with the use of the lighter and happier guitar riffs in the chorus and the use of keyboard.  

(this is the band preforming the song for the first time in front of a crowd at the Forecastle Festival in  Louisville, KY)

In the other original, "Drunk in the Woods," the beginning is full of keyboard and synth; this is something that wasn't used a lot by the group in the last album or many of their previous songs. This mixed with instances of a hard rock song (mostly in the drums) and a lighter indie song (once again mainly influenced by the drums) creates an awesome mood.

(the above video is a recording session of an acoustic version of their song "Tightrope," that is also featured on the album)

The one cover on the EP is a live cover of Talking Heads "Burning down the House."  I preferably like Walk the Moon's version better but that's just me.  I feel like Nick's vocals are much cleaner and more trained and I like the instrumental arrangement better as well.  

Here is a link to the Talking Heads version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8D4AsLzlM0

(I apologize for the poor quality, but it was the best I could find.  I highly suggest listening to it on Spotify if you happen to have one.)

This EP is really getting me excited for their new album...which is hopefully coming out soon?  If not, I guess i'll just have to wait unfortunately.  But until then, this EP will probably keep me satisfied. 

-Brooks Gonzales