The Love of Life

by

Watashi Wa

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I happened upon Watashi Wa while at a show in Hollywood a few months back. I'd never heard of them and had no idea what to expect. When they took the stage, I was blown away. These kids were playing with passion. With heart and soul. *And there were only thirteen people in the audience.*

It takes guts to get up infront of a crowd that small and play that well. It takes guts to sing songs about Christ without succumbing to the typical "hardcore" sound that many Christian scene bands perpetuate. It takes guts to be amazing in the face of indifference.

And Watashi Wa certainly does all of this. This album, "Love of Life," surpasses anything you could possibly be thinking about it. Buy it. Embrace it. If you think the guitar is awesome on the record, just wait until you hear it live. Luke Page is unrivaled by anyone in this scene, and that is no joke. The kid *truly* knows how to play guitar. Not to mention the fact that the vocals are done by a guy who actually knows how to sing (choir, anyone?)

Make sure to check out this album. Find out what loving life is all about.

im not sure what this band is doin. (they call themselves eager seas now....whatever). but the bands lone cd under the moniker Watashi WA showed a fresh guitar driven approach which can get sadly undermined by the lame drumming and annoying by the numbers heart on sleave lyrics. GGGarth manned the boards......which is kind of weird when you finally hear what the band sounds like. but for the most part its a 12 track package of emo/pop tunefulness. Postivety sounds like the key hear but the lyrics could of been more poetic but isntead they sound like run on sentences that never get to any point. The drumming tempo is odd and irrtating, defusing the pace to too fast where it should be notched down......but i guess all songs like this shouldnt be nesscarily ballads. but depsite uneveness its still a fresh approach in a genre that justr aint fresh anymore