Walk Off the Earth

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One part folk-pop, one part sketch group, and one part quirky musical experimenters, Canadian band Walk Off the Eart formed in 2006 in Burlington, Ontario. Made up of multi-instrumentalists Ryan Marshall, Gianni Luminati, Mike Taylor, Joel Cassady, and Sarah Nicole Blackwood, the band has become known for its innovative cover songs, which feature the group members trading instruments with one another midsong or elaborate one-take performances where the song is built piece by piece by a single member playing every instrument.

Though Walk Off the Earth have released two albums, 2007's Smooth Like Stone on a Beach and 2010's My Rock, their real success would come by way of YouTube, where the band had been steadily building a fan base with covers of Adele, B.o.B., and fellow internet celebrities the Gregory Brothers.

The group started to take off in 2012 after its cover of Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know," performed by all the bandmembers simultaneously playing one guitar, received 70 million views in two months, earning Walk Off the Earth not only praise from the original artist, but a contract with Columbia Records.

- Source: iTunes biography.
Walk Off the Earth: YouTube.


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Have known this band for a while now, and I just stumbled across their song Red Hands, and I'm absolutely hooked on it again, I figured no one made a thread about these guys yet, and they're so goddamn amazing. One of my favourite bands all time. Just purchased the song on iTunes along with the others I already had, xD and it's been on repeat ever since.

Who else knows these guys? I love 'em.

 

[Sexy Beast]

Beard Guy. That is all.

Seriously, that's all you need to know about whether this band is good or not.

Okay, now I'm being serious. This band is just awesome. Gianni is the main reason that kept me hooked to this band. With his talents of being able to play multiple instruments, and also being a fantastic singer, he is, at least for me, the main reason that I'm in love with this band. Oh, and Beard Guy. Sure Beard Guy(AKA Mike taylor) isn't the person who makes the whole band, but he is the most iconic, at least for me he is.

Anyways, love this band, especially their cover of Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know".