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Walk The Moon

Synth Pop · Rock Band 10 albums picked

Walk the Moon is an American rock band based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Lead singer Nicholas Petricca started the band in 2006, while a student at Kenyon College, deriving the band's name from the song "Walking on the Moon" by The Police. Although the band was best known for their most successful hit single "Shut Up and Dance", other notable songs included "Anna Sun" and "One Foot".

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What Walk The Moon said · 7 records

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Steve McQueen
Prefab Sprout ·1985
"this record came out a lot a while ago i think it's mid 80s but i just discovered it um in the last year the production is really exciting and it's paired with like really cool songwriting and really arty arrangements um so i love i love this record."
Watch this moment 0:25
Still Bill
Bill Withers ·1972
"Bill Withers, I'm pretty sure it's safe to say is my number one favorite vocalist. It's like the epitome of this effortless soulful voice. Time and time again, I'll take a break from Bill and then I'll come back and be like, he's still the king for me."
Watch this moment 1:06
Cardinal
Pinegrove ·2016
"the pine grove record skylight was pretty much one of two records that I needed to live, really heartfelt folk music that I just connect to a whole lot and like makes me fanboy as a 35 year old man."
Watch this moment 2:05
Mama Africa
Peter Tosh ·1983
"Peter Tosh is just one of the greats and this has one of my all-time favorite songs, 'Johnny B. Goode.' His version of 'Johnny B. Goode' is so epic, and it's got this massive synth line and it's just juicy."
Watch this moment 3:00
The Number of the Beast
Iron Maiden ·1982
"if you look at this cover like eddie is skinless this skinless corpse of eddie and satan and the record's called number of the beast like the art could not be harder right the art could not be more evil and then the music is kind of like it's just not that evil the music is not that it's triumphant it's dramatic it's the opposite of people it's about defeating like number of the bees is about like being afraid of evil basically."
Watch this moment 4:22
Young Americans
David Bowie ·1975
"Young Americans is kind of the moment in his career where he took a step towards soul and has these beautiful soulful influences and funk on Fame."
Watch this moment 6:10
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