Walking on Cars

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Walking on Cars
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Walking on Cars 2019, from left to right: Paul Flannery, Evan Hadnett, Patrick Sheehy, Sorcha Durham.
Background information
Origin Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland
Genres Indie pop
Years active2009–2020
Labels Virgin EMI
Past members
  • Pa Sheehy
  • Sorcha Durham
  • Paul Flannery
  • Evan Hadnett
  • Dan Devane
Website walkingoncars.com

Walking on Cars was a four-piece Irish rock band, whose 2020 line-up consisted of Pa Sheehy (singer/lyricist), Sorcha Durham (pianist), Paul Flannery (bass guitarist) and Evan Hadnett (drummer). [1] Their debut single "Catch Me If You Can", released in 2012, went to No. 1 on the Irish iTunes chart. The band released their debut EP, As We Fly South, in 2013, and a second one, Hand in Hand, in (2014), together with the accompanying single "Always Be with You". Their next single, "Speeding Cars", came out on 30 October 2015. Following the international success of the single, the band released their debut album Everything This Way on 29 January 2016, which peaked at No. 1 in Ireland. On 12 April 2019, the band released their second album Colours.

Contents

The band announced its split on 21 August 2020, on the same date that a final six-track EP called Clouds was released. [2]

History

Formation and early years

In 2010, five school friends started performing at local venues and clubs in their hometown of Dingle, County Kerry. [3] [4] Committing wholly to their musical ambitions, the band went on to rent a house in the Dingle Peninsula and lock themselves away for the purpose of 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." [5]

In 2012, Walking on Cars won the Redbull Bedroom Jam competition and gained extensive radio play with their debut single "Catch Me If You Can". As a result, the track reached no. 27 in the Irish Charts, where it remained for over 20 weeks. [6] "Catch Me If You Can" also reached No.1 on iTunes, and garnered over 450,000 views on YouTube. [7] "Two Stones", the band's second single, reached No.12 in the Irish charts, while YouTube views exceeded 1,000,000.

Walking on Cars released their four-song EP, As We Fly South, in 2013. It was recorded in Attica Studios, Donegal, and produced by Tom McFall (R.E.M, Snow Patrol, Bloc Party, Editors). In July 2014, the band released "Hand in Hand" and "Always Be With You". [8] [9]

Chart success

In 2016, they released their first full-length album, Everything This Way, celebrating the release with CD signings and in-store performances around Ireland. [10] The album went "double platinum" and reached number one on the album charts in Ireland, [11] as well as charting in several other European countries. [12]

In 2020, the band's single, "Monster", was used as the opening theme of the Netflix original series, The Stranger. The eight part miniseries, based on the novel by Harlan Coben, first aired on 30 January 2020. [13]

Split and later projects

In August 2020, coinciding with the release of an EP titled Clouds, the band announced that they had split. [14] [15]

In 2021, the former lead-singer of the band, Pa Sheehy, undertook a number of solo projects. [16] [17] His debut single, "Saw you at a funeral", was released in June 2021 with a follow-up single "Roisin" released in August 2021. [18] [19]

Band members

Former members

Timeline

Walking on Cars

Discography

Walking On Cars discography
Studio albums2
Music videos10
EPs3
Singles8

Studio albums

YearDetailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
IE
[21] 		BE
[22] 		DE
[23] 		NL
[24] 		UK
[25]
2016Everything This Way1157237626IE: double platinum [26] [27]
2019Colours
  • Released: 12 April 2019
  • Label: Virgin EMI
  • Formats: CD, download
2
[28] 		2007--50

EPs

YearDetailsIrish album
chart positions
2013As We Fly South
  • Released: 21 June 2013
  • Label: Independent
2014Hand in Hand
2020Clouds
  • Released: 21 August 2020
  • Label: Walking on Cars/Independent
13 [29]

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
IRL
[30] [31] 		IRL

Hom.

 NZ AUT GER
[23] 		SWI BEL
[22] 		NL
[32] 		UK
"Catch Me If You Can"201327N/a———————Everything This Way
"Two Stones"12———————
"Tick Tock"8———————
"Hand in Hand"201419———————
"Always Be with You"39———————
"Speeding Cars" [33] 20151116171818204687
"Monster"2018—14 [34] ———————Colours
"Coldest Water"201972
[35] 		12 [34] ———————
"—" denotes a title that did not chart.

Irish Homegrown Top 20 chart did not exist before June 7, 2019

Music videos

TitleYearDirector
"Two Stones"2013Luke Daly [36]
"Tick Tock"—
"Hand in Hand"2014Luke Daly [37]
"Always Be with You"2015Filmawi & Esrael [38]
"Catch Me If You Can"—
"Speeding Cars"Luke Daly and Nathan Fagan (Luna) [39]
"Don't Mind Me"2016Luke Daly and Nathan Fagan (Luna) [40]
"Monster"2019Luke Daly and Nathan Fagan (Luna) [41]
"Coldest Water"Luke Daly and Nathan Fagan (Luna) [42]
"Too Emotional"—

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