![]() Songs such as “Surrender”, “Kamikaze”, “All I Want”, and “Can’t Sleep (Wolves)” keep the same fun loving, yet deep, style of WALK THE MOON that we all know and love. He participates at various community events and he explores the diverse cultural beauty of Canada whenever his schedule permits it.ĪLfie is a doting and dedicated father to his now ten-year-old son, Evawwen.Their first single from the new album, “One Foot”, showed that they would not be changing their beloved sound. In his spare time, he enjoys reading books and listening to music. In 2016, aLfie published Part One (Literature & Languages and Their Cultural Significance) of his Essay Series, Can You Hear the Sound of a Falling Leaf? His next planned literary endeavor is to publish the remaining parts of the anthology and his works on Poetry, Fantasy Fiction, and Mythology. He began writing album reviews for CrypticRock in 2015. He now performs with another band, The Psychedelics.ĪLfie has been a music journalist since the mid-’90s for various print magazines as well as websites. He works full-time at a healthcare institution, while serving as the associate contributing editor of Filipino Journal-a local community newspaper in Winnipeg-tackling Literature, Languages, Cultures, Lifestyles, and Music.Īs a means to further his passion for music, he formed the band haLf man haLf eLf. In 2003, aLfie migrated to Canada he has since been living in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was the frontman of the ’90s-peaking Philippine Alternative Rock / New Wave band Half Life Half Death, which released a full-length album and several singles on Viva Records.ĪLfie worked at Diwa Scholastic Press as an editor/writer of academic textbooks and supplementary magazines, focusing on Science & Technology and English Grammar & Literature. Hypnotic guitar flourishes, funky bassline, choppy rhythm, and simple yet standout synthesizer embellishments best describe “Can’t Sleep (Wolves).” On the other hand, the ensuing “In My Mind” will surely make Sting and the rest of The Police proud that is, if the trio consider having inspired young and new bands a compliment and any millennial Indie Popster will be happy to play it alongside songs by the likes of Panic! At the Disco (“I Write Sins Not Tragedies”) and The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (“When I Dance with You”).īorn in 1971, in Metro Manila, Philippines, aLfie vera mella is a healthcare worker, singer/songwriter, and editor/writer. With “Feels Good to be High,” Walk The Moon returns the listener to the center of the same discothèque occupied by Duran Duran during the classic English band’s Red Carpet Massacre phase. ![]() “Tiger Teeth” and “Sound of Awakening” fit well the kind of Synthpop balladry that recalls Ultravox (“Vienna”), Midge Ure (“Dear God”), and Alphaville (“Sounds like a Melody”)-metronomic, robotic, indulgent. A change of pace and style, the soulful and R&B-flavored “Kamikaze” may remind the initiated of the smooth swagger of Maroon 5 (“Moves like Jagger”). ![]() Then there is the first single, “One Foot,” which builds on the Dance Rock/Pop Punk–style of “Shut Up and Dance,” followed by “Surrender” in the same pulse and heartbeat.Īnother punchy stomper comes in the form of “All I Want.” Then, the midtempo “All Night” slows down the mood yet carries the album’s overall dancefloor groove. This is followed by the cheer-type, power-driven, grungy rhythm of “Headphones,” the album’s second single that has a faint echo of The Fall (“Cruiser’s Creek”) and Long Fin Killie (“The Heads of Dead Surfers”). It begins with “Press Restart,” whose Kraftwerk-ian intro builds up into a 2000s Guitar Pop angularity. Released on November 10, 2017, on RCA Records, Walk The Moon’s third offering is a smooth continuation of its Alternative Rock/New Wave/Indie Pop combo sensibilities. The quartet have once again been walking the stage of various venues, promoting this new, solid effort. In fact, by the second album, the fast-rising American Indie band has already a number of chart-topping hit singles on its sleeves-“Anna Sun,” “Tightrope,” “Different Colors,” and the ubiquitous “Shut Up and Dance.”įormed in 2006, in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, Walk The Moon currently consists of Nicholas Petricca (lead vocals, keyboards, synthesizer), Kevin Ray (bass, backing vocals, guitar), Sean Waugaman (drums, backing vocals), and Eli Maiman (guitar, backing vocals). Its relative prolificacy and consistency is very promising, considering the more highly competitive nature of the music industry in this time and age of digital music and social-media platforms. In Walk The Moon’s full decade of existence, it has released three studio albums-2012’s edgier-sounding self-titled, 2014’s ’80s New Wave–inspired Talking Is Hard, and the just-unleashed What If Nothing.
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