Canadian Youtube stars ‘Walk Off The Earth’ (most famous for their Somebody I Used To Know cover; where 5 people played 1 guitar) are back with their new album on June 16th and I can’t wait! They have released 2 songs from the new album so far ‘Sing It All Away’ and ‘Rule The World’. I recall hearing them perform ‘Sing It All Away’ at The Ritz in Manchester when I saw them last april but I completely forgot about it until today. Anyway, as the name of the song depicts it’s a sing-a-long song. When I first heard it a crowd 2000 strong that had never heard it before either were all singing along loud (with a chorus as catchy and as simple as ‘Oh Oh Oh Sing It All The Way my darling’ repeated it’s not that hard to learn the words). There are also beautiful soft verses; with the 3 lead singers Marshall, Gianni and Sarah taking turns singing them (with harmonies obviously! Every Walk Off The Earth song has incredible harmonies).
At the end of March they released their lead single from the album ‘Rule The World’ and also the video to go with it. In typical Walk Off The Earth fashion they’ve gone all out on their music video with a 360 degrees camera and lots of epic effects and colour (it’s very easy on the eye). This song is another great sing along anthem but I do have one problem with it. The verses are sang by Gianni and Marshall and it sounds like they have effects on their voices and then Sarahs voice comes through for the chorus and it just slices right through everything. However, the trumpet solo in the middle of the song completely makes up for that!
Go Pick up their album ‘Sing It All Away’ on June 16th and catch them when they tour as their live shows are fantastic! Also check out the video for ‘Rule The World’ below.
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