June 20th, 2012
By Mike Breen |
Music |
Posted In: Local Music, Music Video, Music News
Walk the Moon warming up before meeting Dave (Photo: walkthemoonband.com)
Walk the Moon Plays Letterman on LP Release Day
Cincinnati band celebrates new RCA Records release in NYC
Walk the Moon warming up before meeting Dave (Photo: walkthemoonband.com)Last night, Cincinnati's Walk the Moon hosted an album release show at New York City's Mercury Lounge in honor of their full-length debut for RCA Records. To promote the record on a bit of a wider scale, the quartet also performed on The Late Show with David Letterman. The band played its signature tune, "Anna Sun," which has been named "song of the summer" two years running and, therefore, deserves a ranking on the list of all-time songs of summer.
WtM's appearance on The Late Show also elicited some nostalgia from the host. Letterman introduced the band as "from the Queen City, Cincinnati, Ohio … home of Oscar Robertson and your Cincinnati Royals." Lettterman grew up in Indiana and has talked about his affinity for Cincinnati (and, particularly, its sports teams, including our one-time NBA franchise) frequently.
After the tune, Letterman seemed to enjoy the group so much, he joked with them, "Now wait a minute — during your song, we made some calls and we've arranged for you guys to move from Cincinnati and live here at the YMCA."
Walk the Moon killed it. Look ma — no face paint?! Here's the video:
Definitely agree that Anna Sun is a seriously great Summer song. I'll always remember it! It's even great when it's fleshed out, acoustically! bit.ly/LrDECP
Walk the Moon are the perfect summer party band. Check out this party playlist they made: http://bit.ly/KZBv1T. One of my favorite new artists!
seeing WTM live is quite the experience. the face paint, the energy, and of course the music combine for an insanely unique experience. check out their explanation of the face paint phenomenon here http://vevo.ly/KZBxqt
If you love Walk The Moon youll love their playlist they made on songza. http://bit.ly/KZBv1T