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Walking on Cars are a five-piece Irish rock/pop band, comprised of Patrick Sheehy (singer/lyricist) Sorcha Durham (pianist), Dan Devane (lead guitarist), Paul Flannery (bass guitarist) and Evan Hadnett (drummer). They released their debut single, Catch Me If You Can in 2012 which went to No. 1 in the Irish iTunes Charts. Releasing their debut EP, As We Fly South, in 2013, their current EP Hand in Hand (2014) was recently released alongside their current single, Always Be With You. The band is due to release their debut album in 2015. Biglife Management- Walking on Cars.[1]
History
Conceived in 2010, the five school friends started by performing gigs at local venues and clubs in their hometown of Dingle, County Kerry. [1] Committing wholly to their music ambitions, the band went on to rent a house in the Dingle Peninsula and lock themselves away for the purpose of listening, writing and recording demos. “The place we rented was a really old cottage, where we had no television, no phone, no Internet, no transport,” says Sorcha, “We were there for 6 months – just our equipment and us. It was an amazing time, ideas were constantly flowing.”[1]
In 2012, Walking on Cars won the Red Bull Bedroom Jam 2012 competition and gained extensive radio play of their debut single, Catch Me if You Can. As a result, the infectiously melodic track reached no. 27 in the Irish Charts and stayed there for over 20 weeks generating national prominence for the equally infectious band (Catch me if you can also went to No.1 in the iTunes chart, while YouTube views are currently over 250,000 [2]). Two Stones, the band’s second single, reached No.12 in the Irish charts, while YouTube views exceed 300,000. [1] [2]
Walking On Cars’ released their four-song EP, As We Fly South, in 2013 - recorded in Attica Studios, Donegal, and produced by Tom McFall (R.E.M, Snow Patrol, Bloc Party, Editors)[1] . In July 2014 the band released Hand in Hand and Always be with you is out now in the UK and available on iTunes. The single will be released in Ireland on the 5th of December. [3]
The band are currently working on new material and writing for their debut album due to release in 2015. [1]
Style
Atypical with a style of writing which does not contend with the existing crop of Irish rock/pop bands, Walking on Cars, boasts a wide, cinematic quality with an iconic sense of hook-driven significance. Their sweeping melodies elevate their lyrical themes of social challenges, financial tribulations, personal angst and troubling matters of the soul, yet with an effortless understanding between the roles of authenticity and assimilation. The band’s videos testify to the bands ability to interweave outlined narrative and imagery within serious themes, in a way that is non-formulaic. [1]
Quotes & Trivia
Patrick Sheehy on why he quit college to commit to Walking on Cars: “I got home from college, and that’s when we got stuck into it. I didn’t go back to college, because we thought we’d give it a shot.” [1]