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Why ‘Walk the Moon’ Says Recording On Zoom During Lockdown Was Why They Made Their Best Album Ever · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest, Walk the Moon, who
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  Speaker 1: rocketed onto the radio back with their few good anthems,
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  Speaker 1: Shut Up and Dance have a new album on the
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  Speaker 1: way called Heights. Lead singer Nick calls it his favorite
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  Speaker 1: record they've ever made, even though they were forced to
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  Speaker 1: write it and record it remotely during lockdown, with each
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  Speaker 1: of them zooming it from home. But in a lot
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  Speaker 1: of ways their basis, Eli saw it as more of
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  Speaker 1: a secret weapon than Hindrance telling songwriter universe. Being able
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  Speaker 1: to make a record at homeless charming. And it has
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  Speaker 1: its advantages because we would do these sessions on zoom,
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  Speaker 1: and we would cut the guitars altogether. We do what
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  Speaker 1: we need it. Then once we signed off, I might
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  Speaker 1: have this other idea. I could tinker with it myself
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  Speaker 1: and really go deep without being on the clock. The
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  Speaker 1: challenge became editing with so much material for every song,
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  Speaker 1: but the record is richer in texture because we were
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  Speaker 1: in our own space and on our own time frame.
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  Speaker 1: Their new single can You Handle My Love is out now.
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