Canadian indie pop band Walk off the Earth headlined the opening day of the CallHome Music Festival in Brantford, Ontario on Friday, July 18, 2025.
Photographer Sofia Jardine was in the pit to capture these photos of their performance for SWOMP:
Walk off the Earth is an unconventional, multi-talented musical phenomenon celebrated for innovative covers and catchy originals.
The group went viral over 11 years ago thanks to the brilliant five-people-playing-one-guitar interpretation of Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used To Know.”
The video garnered 19 million views in its first week online and has since amassed 190 million views.
Over the years, the band has headlined Red Rock Amphitheater and Wembley Arena, sold out the historic Sydney Opera House, notched a Top Ten single in Canada for 30 straight weeks, collaborated with Snoop Dogg, Steve Aoki, and Keith Urban, and made it to the top of the Pop Album Chart in the United States.
Since the group’s inception, WOTE has pushed the boundaries of what artists can and can’t do.
Their YouTube covers have won them Streamy awards, their rendition of the national anthem has been performed at the IIHF World Juniors and the NBA Finals, and they have made multiple appearances on The Ellen Degeneres Show and Good Morning America.
The band’s original songs have earned numerous high-profile accolades, including “Red Hands” going Number One at AAA radio while “Rule The World,” “Fire In My Soul,” and “I’ll Be There” have all achieved multi-platinum certification.
Follow the band at https://www.walkofftheearth.com/.