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with people’s views when you have your own. “It where racism is totally fucking crazy, and that’s for fan reactions at shows, but also express their
falls into a little bit of a trap for us, like we’re pro- such a good thing.” worry for fans’ hearing too. Sean says, “The fans
moting diversity and acceptance of other people. After the deaf and hard of hearing commu- are usually much louder than us. There are a lot
We can’t be like “Except for those Fuckers!” You nity picked up ‘Different Colors’ really well, with of instances where we’ll have a volume level at
know, it’s a bit of a trap. I think I get stuck there the use of the song in the AT&T campaign, the a venue and the fans will go so far over that, like
sometimes.” band are more aware that they should protect 20 or 30 times over that. It’s cool, but yes, we
“Yeah, I mean, to talk about lyrics in the their hearing. But do they really do it? want people to protect their hearing too!”
song, it says, “So come on lovers, come on Eli jokes, putting his hands to his ears and
haters. Tonight we raise the fire, ‘cause when says “Huh? What?! I can’t hear you!” ick ends the interview with a mention of
the people get to dancing they forget about tak- Kevin, Nick and Sean laugh a lot before Eli N‘You Are Not Alone (Live From The
ing sides”. You can’t just write those people off, carries on, “Yeah, I mean we use in-ear moni- Greek)’, which was released on February 26th.
pretend they don't exist or say, “fuck them”. tors. I don’t know about you guys, but I crank “It’s a live record, which is a huge deal for us be-
Those are the people who we need to connect mine!” cause it’s the most important part of our whole
with as a culture, so we can have a shared vi- Sean agrees, “Mine are always pretty loud.” project, which is the show. It’s sort of a combi-
sion of the future and work together towards “Totally, It’s hard to rock out at reasonable nation of the last few years. We’re so excited for
openness and progress. The power of music is volume,” Eli continues. everyone to hear it.”
something that we see at concerts, or when The band’s ‘Talking Is Hard’ album was ac- With the new live album under their belts
we’re just out being normal people; that music tually produced by Tim Pagnotta, who was for- and UK tour done and dusted, Walk The Moon
has this uncanny power to bring people together merly the frontman of pop-punk band Sugarcult. are certainly hard workers who want to spread
regardless of their background or their perspec- Tim gave up touring after the tinnitus that he’d peace and acceptance across the globe, and
tive,” Nick adds, expressing his respect for what had since a teen progressively worsened. Kevin the power of music is behind them all the way!
music has done in the past, and still does. gives his opinion on working as a professional If you haven’t grabbed a copy of ‘You Are Not
and relying on your hearing for it. “These days Alone (Live At The Greek)’, we recommend you
peaking of being accepting, “We know more and more, especially professional musi- do. It’ll be your remedy if you can’t get to see
Sthe kids are right,” a line from ‘Different cians, are into protecting their hearing because them live this year. Although if you can get to a
Colors’, suggests that the band don't consider we do listen to music louder as a society these show, don’t miss out on their awesomely infec-
themselves kids anymore but Nick tells us what days. Ear buds and headphones all the time are tious live performance!
they were really thinking when they wrote it. cranked up. So I think it’s pretty common to go Visit www.walkthemoonband.com for more
“My perspective is that in the eyes of a child, to a festival and see all the people performing, info.
these differences are just simply different, you if they’re at another show watching, wearing ear
know. Fortunately, in this generation there are plugs.” Words & Below Photo By Annina Cremona
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