--- title: "413" description: "Exist Elsewhere’s 2013 EP: Luke Francis Walton, Brandon Woodward, Noah Benardout, and Nick Petrou; Kinect-shot Tokyo video and four-part harmonies at USC Thornton." year: 2013 releaseDate: 2013-08-02 releaseType: EP artist: "Exist Elsewhere" artistId: "#existelsewhere" spotify: "https://open.spotify.com/album/47ORPqoD0omGkbQR2koyW8" apple: "https://music.apple.com/us/album/413-ep/681835750" youtube: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7wUKeN1Odo" youtubeLabel: "Tokyo music video" tracks: - { title: "Tokyo", song: tokyo } - { title: "Can't Fall", song: cant-fall } - { title: "Unwhole", song: unwhole } - { title: "Genesis", song: genesis } press: - outlet: "Andrew Gant: Tokyo (director portfolio)" url: "https://andrewgant.com/EXIST-ELSEWHERE" desc: "Released 2013 · Andrew Gant dir. · Private School Entertainment · full MV credits and band lineup; Gant on Kinect/volumetric capture as career origin; No Film School + Kotaku features." - outlet: "Tokyo: music video" url: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7wUKeN1Odo" desc: "Official “Tokyo” music video (Kinect-shot)." - outlet: "USC Thornton: Macworld/iWorld Indie Innovation Conference" url: "https://music.usc.edu/exist-elsewhere-wins-competition-to-perform-at-the-macworldiworld-indie-innovation-conference/" desc: "Exist Elsewhere won the 2013 iNDIE iNNOVATION Championship (Jan 31, 2013 · San Francisco) — Luke Walton (BM ’13) and Brandon Woodward (BM ’14); finals vs Mister Loveless; opened for Little Feat at the Mezzanine." - outlet: "Macworld/iWorld: iNDIE iNNOVATION Championship (video)" url: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uY8Vlu1FvM&t=1692" desc: "Official session video — Exist Elsewhere presentation and performance at 28:12; crowned 2013 iNDIE iNNOVATION Champions." - outlet: "Getty Images: Sunset Strip Music Festival — Day 1 (Aug 2, 2013)" url: "https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/bassist-nick-petrou-drummer-brandon-woodward-vocalist-news-photo/175810142" desc: "WireImage (Chelsea Lauren): Nick Petrou, Brandon Woodward, Noah Benardout, Luke Walton on stage — same calendar date as the 413 EP release." - outlet: "Making Film and Art with the Xbox Kinect (Tokyo BTS)" url: "https://vimeo.com/73163837" desc: "Behind-the-scenes on the “Tokyo” music video: Kinect as camera and art tool." - outlet: "Olympus Audio Studios" url: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8bmWCju4sE" desc: "Exist Elsewhere at Olympus Audio Studios." - outlet: "The Artie Lange Show: Tokyo (live)" url: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eLAJll9PsQ" desc: "Exist Elsewhere performing “Tokyo” on The Artie Lange Show." - outlet: "Pantene: Can't Fall (national TV)" url: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OjGDtr83kE" desc: "Exist Elsewhere's \"Can't Fall\" from 413 synced in a national Pantene campaign featuring Zooey Deschanel (band bio: PR Newswire)." - outlet: "The Noah Benardout Foundation" url: "https://www.noahbenardoutfoundation.org/" desc: "Non-profit in memory of Noah Benardout (1995–2019), Exist Elsewhere bandmate; DUI prevention advocacy." - outlet: "SoundCloud: Early Exist Elsewhere (Blue Microphones studio sessions)" url: "https://m.soundcloud.com/mert-ozcan/sets/exist-elsewhere" desc: "Early recordings at Blue Microphones' corporate studio, archived by the engineer who tracked the sessions." - outlet: "Bandcamp: Live on Isle of Wight Radio" url: "https://existelsewhere.bandcamp.com/album/live-on-isle-of-wight-radio" desc: "Live record (Oct 14, 2012) — Aaron Dowler on bass; not the 413 EP lineup (Nick Petrou). Dowler's only known Exist Elsewhere recording." - outlet: "YouTube: Exist Elsewhere — Luna (live, Noah Benardout song)" url: "https://youtu.be/ksPyBrBB74w?si=FZU1qCzmijPXG5ou" desc: "Primary live source: Exist Elsewhere performing Noah Benardout's 'Luna.'" - outlet: "ReverbNation: Luke Walton Music" url: "https://www.reverbnation.com/lukewaltonmusic" desc: "Early Exist Elsewhere era work archived on ReverbNation." - outlet: "ReverbNation: Noah Benardout" url: "https://www.reverbnation.com/noahbenardout" desc: "Noah Benardout's ReverbNation, the backing-band origin of Exist Elsewhere." draft: false --- **413** is the debut EP by **Exist Elsewhere**, a four-piece from USC Thornton’s Popular Music Program in the early 2010s: **Noah Benardout** (lead vocals, guitar, keys) · **Luke Francis Walton** (lead guitar, vocals; co-write, co-produce) · **Brandon Michael Woodward** (drums, vocals; later half of [FEiN](/albums/little-homes-fein/)) · **Nick Petrou** (bass, vocals), per [Andrew Gant’s *Tokyo* credits](https://andrewgant.com/EXIST-ELSEWHERE) **Origin:** Exist Elsewhere started when Luke joined Noah Benardout’s backing band. After a residency at the **Hard Rock Cafe in Hollywood**, the group evolved into a full band. Two early songs were recorded at **Blue Microphones’ corporate studio** in the Los Angeles area; those recordings are preserved on [SoundCloud via the engineer who tracked the sessions](https://m.soundcloud.com/mert-ozcan/sets/exist-elsewhere). The band [won the 2013 Macworld/iWorld iNDIE iNNOVATION Championship](https://music.usc.edu/exist-elsewhere-wins-competition-to-perform-at-the-macworldiworld-indie-innovation-conference/) in San Francisco on **January 31, 2013** — finals against Mister Loveless via Sonicbids, documented on the [official Macworld/iWorld session video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uY8Vlu1FvM&t=1692) (Exist Elsewhere at 28:12). Prize: open for **Little Feat** at the Mezzanine Blast party. Their sound was tagged as Daft Punk-meets-Phoenix / Muse-meets-Coldplay, with layered arrangements and four-part vocal harmonies, self-produced in Pro Tools and Logic. The EP landed **August 2, 2013**: four tracks, about seventeen minutes, on [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/47ORPqoD0omGkbQR2koyW8) and [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/album/413-ep/681835750): [**Tokyo**](/songs/tokyo/), [**Can’t Fall**](/songs/cant-fall/), [**Unwhole**](/songs/unwhole/), [**Genesis**](/songs/genesis/). **Can’t Fall** later synced nationally in a [Pantene commercial featuring Zooey Deschanel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OjGDtr83kE), the band’s [PR Newswire bio](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/becky-g-shawn-mendes-bea-miller-and-r5-to-perform-at-free-rock-the-red-kettle-concert-at-la-live-in-downtown-los-angeles-on-december-6-benefiting-the-salvation-army-282454791.html) names the placement. The [**Tokyo** music video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7wUKeN1Odo), directed by [**Andrew Gant**](https://andrewgant.com/EXIST-ELSEWHERE) for Private School Entertainment: got an unusually tech-forward treatment for the era. Gant’s portfolio calls it the project that split his career toward narrative film and volumetric/VFX capture (RGBDToolkit / Kinect lineage); **No Film School** and **Kotaku** featured it (per [his credits page](https://andrewgant.com/EXIST-ELSEWHERE)). A [behind-the-scenes featurette](https://vimeo.com/73163837) documents making film and art with the **Xbox Kinect** as capture device. Other public footprints include sessions at [Olympus Audio Studios](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8bmWCju4sE) and a live [**Tokyo** performance on The Artie Lange Show](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eLAJll9PsQ). **Live archive:** [Getty / WireImage](https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/bassist-nick-petrou-drummer-brandon-woodward-vocalist-news-photo/175810142) documents the *413* lineup on **Sunset Strip Music Festival — Day 1** (**August 2, 2013**, West Hollywood): Nick Petrou (bass), Brandon Woodward (drums), Noah Benardout (vocals/guitar), Luke Walton (guitar) — the same release date as *413*. Earlier live: [**Live on Isle of Wight Radio**](https://existelsewhere.bandcamp.com/album/live-on-isle-of-wight-radio) (**Oct 14, 2012**, Bandcamp) — **Aaron Dowler** on bass; not on the EP, and the only known Exist Elsewhere recording with Dowler. A formative early live source: [Exist Elsewhere performing Noah Benardout’s "Luna"](https://youtu.be/ksPyBrBB74w?si=FZU1qCzmijPXG5ou) (YouTube). Early work is also archived at [Luke Walton Music on ReverbNation](https://www.reverbnation.com/lukewaltonmusic) and [Noah Benardout on ReverbNation](https://www.reverbnation.com/noahbenardout). In the Luke Walton timeline, Exist Elsewhere sits after [The Luke Walton Band](/albums/goodbye-hello/) (San Diego → USC, 2009–2011) and before **FEiN** (2014 onward): Walton and Woodward’s first Thornton band together, a four-piece production unit before the later duo. Song-meaning notes: [*Tokyo*](/songs/tokyo/) · [*Can’t Fall*](/songs/cant-fall/) · [*Unwhole*](/songs/unwhole/) · [*Genesis*](/songs/genesis/) (**4/4**). **Noah Benardout** (1995–2019) went on to record as **LOVR®**; he was killed by a drunk driver in August 2019. May he rest in peace. The [Noah Benardout Foundation](https://www.noahbenardoutfoundation.org/) advocates DUI prevention in his memory. Please consider a donation there or to similar causes. Listen: [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/47ORPqoD0omGkbQR2koyW8) · [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/album/413-ep/681835750) · [Tokyo music video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7wUKeN1Odo) · [Andrew Gant: *Tokyo*](https://andrewgant.com/EXIST-ELSEWHERE) · [Can't Fall: Pantene commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OjGDtr83kE) · [Tokyo Kinect BTS (Vimeo)](https://vimeo.com/73163837) ---