Wave - Nothing As It Seems

1. California

2. Daydream

3. Until The Record Breaks

4. Sleepless

5. Read My Mind

6. Think It Over

7. Don't Leave

8. It's A Drag

9. I'd Give Anything

10. Touch

11. With The Stars

12. Clever

Wave have released their debut album titled "Nothing As It Seems." This album shows the duo in a very pop rock feel. This band relies heavily on catchy keyboard riffs, acoustic guitar and that 1999 pop vocal. Theses guys have a similar sound to that of Soul Decision, BBMak, and even The Calling, so if you liked these bands, you could really like this album. They have done an okay job on this album.

When looking at the recording quality of this album, the album has been recorded quite well, and to a pretty professional standard. This helps make the album pretty listenable. The instrumentation here, is pretty basic. This duo has really just decided to go for very basic playing and overall sound. These guys aren't going to blow you away with anything instrumentally, but they can play, which is good enough for this music.

Now onto the vocals and lyrics, the vocals on this album are very good and polished. The vocals seem to be polished in that industry preferred way of sounding, and way people are taught if they take vocal lessons. This isn't bad at all, it's just very overdone, and shows how much the industry beats something till it's dead. These guys can certainly sing, and they do a great job though. They sound nice and clear as well, so you can hear just what they are singing about. With the lyrics, the band sings about things like road trips, relationships, girls, and more. This seems to be a common theme of artists in this genre and style of music. r target audience of young teenage girls were looking for songs with that theme in them, and they pretty much hit it right on. 

If you are looking for a single to this album, give the song "California". This is pretty much the biggest song the band wrote, and will show you the best of the album. 

Wave have made a debut album that shows off what the band is about and their style. This album is very similar throughout the whole thing, and feels like it only has one hit, with fillers through the rest. Hopefully we get to see more songs that just hit, and a little bit different things with the next one. California is a great song, and we hope they can bring us something at that level next time. All in all, average record. Listen to this album to decide for yourself what you think about it. They have since called it quits (R.I.P.)

Genre: Pop/Rock

Release Date: June 19th, 2001

Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario

Website: http://www.officialwave.com

Label: Warner Music Canada