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LIFE are a US alternative rock/pop band from Hermosa Beach, California, made up of the founding members of Tomorrows Bad Seeds, Moises Juarez, Sean Chapman and Matthew "Mets" McEwan. Moi, Sean and Mets were friends from school and grew up together in Hermosa Beach. == Band history == Life was formed in Hermosa Beach, California in 2012, by all founding members of Tomorrows Bad Seeds, Moises Juarez, Sean Chapman and Matthew "Mets" McEwan. After years of touring and recording with Tomorrows Bad Seeds, the original members felt the need to branch out musically in a direction which had more "global appeal".〔LA Daily News on LIFE: http://www.dailynews.com/arts-and-entertainment/20140616/members-of-hermosa-beachs-tomorrows-bad-seeds-come-together-to-create-new-life-ep.〕 Though grateful for what the reggae/rock scene had done for them, the band, however, felt they were growing and changing musically and so started their new project "LIFE" 〔Interview with Variance Magazine: http://www.variancemagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2833%3Ainterview-life-talks-new-music-ahead-of-debut-ep&catid=11%3Athe-latest&Itemid=79.〕 After a chance meeting with Producer/Musical director, Michael Choi (aka Foolish Prophet) on Warped Tour in the lunch queue,〔All Access interview with LIFE: http://music.allaccess.com/an-interview-with-west-coast-indie-band-life/〕 they embarked on a year-long journey to write new material and develop a new sound for themselves, taking all their personal musical influences which ranged from punk rock to soul. The band signed with indie label Urbantone Group and launched with a premiere of their first single "R.U.D.W.N.?" via USA Today in March 2014.〔USA Today premiere of 1st single for LIFE: http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/02/26/life-rudwn-premiere/5835093/#LIFE〕 The single was soon followed by a 2nd track "Better Days", which was premiered by Yahoo! Music.〔Yahoo! Music premiere of LIFE's "Better Days": https://music.yahoo.com/blogs/music-news/hear-it-first--life-brings-the-groove-with-new-tune---better-days-161644358.html〕 In June 2014, their first EP called "R.U.D.W.N.? EP" was released.〔LIFE EP Premiere on Red Bull Music: http://www.redbull.com/us/en/music/stories/1331657640355/life-rudwn-ep-premiere〕 Containing 5 tracks, the EP was a mixture of various influences of the band members. Sebastian Mackay at Substream Magazine said ''"The end result is an EP will get into your marrow and have you innocently tapping along at one moment and singing your heart out the next"''. Substream also gave the EP a rare 5 stars.〔Substream review of LIFE EP "RUDWN?": http://substreammagazine.com/2014/05/review-life-rudwn/?utm_source=socials&utm_medium=album-review&utm_campaign=life-0522〕 Gregory Robson at AbsolutePunk said of the EP ''"R U D W N? is a first-rate work from a band that deserves both wider appeal and wider recognition."''〔EP review by Absolute Punk: http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=3702453〕 In July 2014, Life premiered the video to "Kids" on LA Magazine.〔LA Magazine premiere of "Kids": http://www.lamag.com/laculture/culturefilesblog/2014/07/15/premiere-life-runs-wild-but-not-too-crazy-with-the-music-video-for-kids#〕〔"Kids" Official video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysoxxNE3Yx8〕 The video was created by Clifford Cruz. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Life (band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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