We spent so many years not discussing just what the band meant to each other because we were just on the road every day playing shows. So you spend a lot of time in, like, a casual relationship with each other because you can’t get away from each other and you don’t address those things - and not just the issues, but just being able to talk deeply and emotionally about what we’re doing here and what it means to us and exploring ourselves. “You spend so long on this daily basis with each other that if you talk about all these deep, emotional things, it’s so draining. “I think trust is a big part of it, trust that each member of the group is focused on making the same thing for the same reasons, or at least the right thing for the right reasons,” Ray said. Ray, meanwhile, had the happier experience of getting married, but also dealt with rehabbing an injured shoulder.įor all four band members - Petricca, Ray, guitarist Eli Maiman and drummer Shaun Waugaman - the chance to take a step away from music prompted them to face some important questions. Those questions needed to be answered, Ray said, if Walk the Moon was to continue and the relationships within the group were to be healthy. Petricca watched his father slip away and die and wrestled with the loss and other personal issues. What started as a canceled tour soon grew into a hiatus. “For me personally, it was a strain because I saw what we had built with ‘Shut Up and Dance’ just sort of lingering in limbo and not capitalizing on it,” Ray said. Pulling the plug on the tour, as necessary as it might have been, meant the band wouldn’t be able to build on the momentum generated by their breakout hit. “Shut Up and Dance,” the single from the second Walk the Moon album, “Talking Is Hard,” had spent seven weeks in summer 2015 in the top five on Billboard's all-genre Hot 100 chart on its way to becoming a triple-platinum hit. The newfound wisdom arrived after a period of uncertainty that began in summer of 2016 when the group canceled a tour so singer-guitarist Nicholas Petricca could be with his father, who was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.Īccording to bassist Kevin Ray, the cancellation came at a bad time. Instead, band members have a new understanding of why they’re in the band and the kinds of music they want to make. It does not store any personal data.With the new album “What If Nothing,” Walk the Moon hasn’t just returned from an extended gap between albums. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly.
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