WALK THE MOON are from Cincinnati, OH. Their moms are cute and batty and their dads are big and strong. While singing a capella in college, listening to a lot of Talking Heads, Animal Collective, and Local Natives, and chasing down degrees in Music Theory, Walk the Moon formed out of a love for creative pop songs and exuberant live performances and safari animals. Gently and swiftly rising as a promising young Cincinnati favorite, Walk the Moon’s debut EP “The Anthem” stirred up local press and TV attention and even took them to London, UK; there they played a week of shows at the London City Showcase as the only band from North America to be selected by Sonicbids for the spot. Since then, led by singer/synth-player Nicholas Petricca, Walk has continued to sparkle in the US, named by New York City’s historic Arlene’s Grocery one of their “Best Bands of 2009” and featured regularly outside the Newport Aquarium where the sharks live in Northern KY.