Heights is the fifth studio album by American pop rock band Walk the Moon, released on November 12, 2021, through RCA Records. The album is Walk the Moon's first studio album to be recorded since bassist Kevin Ray left the band in December 2020.
Background
On July 14, 2021, the band released the lead single "Can You Handle My Love??", alongside two promotional singles "I'm Good" and "Giants". In frontman Nicholas Petricca's words, "the album is buttressed by songs that are eight or nine years old, and that the band writes a lot of songs for each record, so there's a lot of material that doesn't get used, and it's not because we don't love those babies. Sometimes it takes a while for them to grow up, or for us to find the right way to really bring them to life."
In September 2021, the band released their second single, "Fire in Your House", which features South-African musician Johnny Clegg, along with his son Jesse. It was released alongside the promotional single "DNA (The Keys)".
On October 27, 2021, the band released "Rise Up" as the third single from the album. The album's final single, "Giants", was released on May 10, 2022.
Track listing
Personnel Walk the Moon Nicholas Petricca – lead vocals, keyboards, producer Eli Maiman – bass, guitar, backing vocals Sean Waugaman – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Additional personnel
Neal Avron – mixing Captain Cuts – producer Jeff Clegg — featured artist Johnny Clegg – acoustic guitar, featured artist, vocals Mike Crossey – producer Tommy English – producer Chris Gehringer – mastering Clare Gillen – creative direction
Carter Jahan – engineer Jonas Jeberg – producer Wyatt Knowles – cover design Ryan McMahon – bass Paul Meany – keyboards, producer Alex Pasco – engineer Stephen Sesso – engineer Scott Skrzynski – mixing assistance Grant Spanier – photography
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