Walking on Cars

Walking on Cars
Walking on Cars
General information
origin	Dingle , Kerry , Ireland
Genre (s)	Indie rock , alternative rock
founding	2010
Website	www.walkingoncars.com
Founding members
singing	Patrick Sheehy
Piano, backing vocals	Sorcha Durham
Guitar, backing vocals	Dan Devane (until 2018)
Bass, backing vocals	Paul Flannery
Drums, percussion	Evan Hadnett

Walking on Cars is a four-piece Irish alternative rock - band from Dingle , consisting of Patrick Sheehy, Sorcha Durham, Paul Flannery and Evan Hadnett. Her debut album Everything This Way climbed to the top of the Irish album charts .

history

The band was founded in 2010 by five school friends. The group started out performing in small pubs and clubs in their hometown of Dingle , County Kerry . In order to fully concentrate on their musical careers, the five rented a house on the Dingle Peninsula and locked themselves in it. There they wrote their first pieces and immediately recorded demos. “The house that we rented was a pretty old cottage, in which we had no TV, no cell phone, no internet and no connection to the outside world,” says Sorcha. “We lived there for 6 months - just our equipment and we. It was a wonderful time, the ideas literally flowed to us. "

Walking on Cars at Rock im Park 2016

In 2012 Walking on Cars won the Redbull Bedroom Jam 2012 Competition. As a result, her debut single, Catch Me If You Can, was featured on many radio stations. The song then rose to number 27 on the Irish charts and stayed there for over 20 weeks. This made the band nationally known for the first time. Catch Me If You Can reached number 1 on the Irish iTunes charts and quickly garnered over 450,000 views on YouTube. The band's second single, Two Stones , reached number 12 on the Irish charts and was viewed well over 1 million on YouTube.

The band released their first EP As We Fly South in 2013. It was recorded in Attica Studios, Donegal and produced by Tom McFall ( REM , Snow Patrol , Bloc Party ).

In spring 2016, the band made their breakthrough in Germany. Her single Speeding Cars rose to number 18 in the German single charts . On May 6, 2016, the band Everything This Way released their debut album on the Virgin EMI Records label in Germany.

In June 2016 the band performed at the Rock am Ring music festival and was also featured on the TV program Circus Halligalli .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	IE
2016	Everything This Way	DE23 (21 weeks) DE	AT53 (2 weeks) AT	CH32 (22 weeks) CH	UK26 (8 weeks) UK	IE1 (152 weeks) IE	First published: January 29, 2016
2019	Colors	DE7 (6 weeks) DE	AT32 (1 week) AT	CH12 (3 weeks) CH	UK50 (1 week) UK	IE2 (14 weeks) IE	First published: April 12, 2019

EPs

• 2013: As We Fly South
• 2014: hand in hand

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	IE
2013	Catch Me If You Can Everything This Way	-	-	-	-	IE27 (25 weeks) IE	First published: March 14, 2013
	Two Stones Everything This Way	-	-	-	-	IE12 (18 weeks) IE	First published: June 14, 2013
	Tick ​​Tock Everything This Way	-	-	-	-	IE8 (9 weeks) IE	First published: November 29, 2013
2014	Hand in Hand Everything This Way	-	-	-	-	IE19 (10 weeks) IE	First published: July 4th, 2014
	Always Be with You Everything This Way	-	-	-	-	IE39 (3 weeks) IE	First published: November 21, 2014
2016	Speeding Cars Everything This Way	DE18th gold (26 weeks)DE	AT17 (22 weeks) AT	CH18 (26 weeks) CH	UK87 (1 week) UK	IE11 (44 weeks) IE	First published: January 22, 2016
2019	Coldest Water Colors	-	-	-	-	IE72 (3 weeks) IE	First published: February 8, 2019

More singles

• 2018: Monster
• 2019: Too Emotional

swell

1. ↑ Slow road to success for Irish band Walking On Cars .
2. ↑ Muzu Tv News - Walking on Cars
3. ↑ Walking On Cars on their musical influences, debut album and Kerry roots . In: Irish Post .
4. ↑ Walking On Cars. YouTube, accessed May 17, 2016 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Walking On Cars - Big Life Management . Archived from the original on December 5, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 27, 2014. 
6. ↑ Singles Charts
7. ↑ Walking On Cars - Everything This Way
8. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK IE
9. ↑ Awards: DE

Web links

Commons : Walking on Cars  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Walking on Cars at Discogs (English)