Towards the end of May, Manchester band Run Toto Run recorded a cover of the Passion Pit tune ‘Sleepyhead’ and uploaded it to YouTube. Over the course of the summer the video went viral, clocking up an impressive 44,000 views – whilst an mp3 recording of the tune hit the front page of The Hype Machine (a site that aggregates blogposts from influential music blogs)
Last night Run Toto Run played at the Manchester Deaf Institute (as part of a Friends Of Mine night featuring Mutineers and the very impressive Airship). Here’s a video I shot of RTR closing their set with ‘Sleepyhead’:
Run Toto Run – Sleepyhead (Passion Pit cover)
Live at Manchester Deaf Institute – Friday 16th Oct 2009
Video length: 2m32 | [ YouTube LQ | YouTube 720p ]
You can catch Run Toto Run at this weekend’s Manchester’s In The City festival:
17 Oct 2009 @ 17:00 – ITC Show at Salford Hope Mill for Blowout
18 Oct 2009 @ 13:15 – ITC Show at Manchester Night and Day (afternoon stage time)
I wrote about Run Toto Run’s appearance at last year’s In The City on hobbsy.com – check out the original blogpost, photo gallery and videos
