Walk The Moon at iTunes Festival, Roundhouse, London
It was our first visit to both the iTunes festival and
London’s Roundhouse. As avid music fans (who would guess?!), we had both
entered the competition to win tickets to many of the days of the month-long festival
which takes place every September, and when we won a pair, we were surprised
and very excited.
Walk The Moon are a band from the USA, who are still
relatively unknown, in the UK at least.
However, we discovered them a few months ago and were both immediately
hooked on their music, especially our favourites ‘Anna Sun’ and ‘Next In Line’.
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| Walk The Moon at iTunes Festival 2012 |
They were the support act of the night (although, in our
opinion, capable of a headline slot), and had a reasonable 45 minute set. It began with the song ‘The Liftaway’, which
has a guitar riff which reminds me of Elbow’s ‘One Day Like This’. Not that Walk The Moon are particularly similar
to them- they have a much more ‘indie sound’, with their super fast electric
guitars and upbeat, uplifting tunes, they are more reminiscent of Two Door
Cinema Club.
We were the only people we could see in the crowd who knew
the band, but we still sang and clapped along as Walk The Moon performed song
after song with an excited enthusiasm. The key moment was undoubtedly their
performance of single ‘Anna Sun’, which sounded just as good live as recorded,
but with an added energy that only comes with live music.
After seeing them live, we would definitely recommend Walk
The Moon, and hope to see them becoming very successful in the UK and beyond.
