Watashi Wa "The Love of Life" (2025 Reissue) COLOR:RED The idea for X-Cops sparked

The idea for X-Cops sparked while filming a commercial segment for Gwar's Skulhedface

The band were even voted Breakthrough Artists of the Year at the MTV Europe Music Awards

Tracks feature strings by the London Contemporary Orchestra and a full brass section of contempoarary UK jazz players including Byron Wallen

Misfits & Mistakes tells the story of each release

Watashi Wa "The Love of Life" (2025 Reissue) COLOR:RED The idea for X-Cops sparkedWhen Watashi Wa released The Love of Life in 2003, they were still teenagers wide eyed, sharp tuned, and riding a wave of earnest emotion that hadn't yet calcified into cynicism. It was a moment where melody still mattered and optimism hadn't gone out of style. Twenty years later, the album remains a cult favorite among fans of thoughtful pop rock, spiritually inflected emo, and that golden moment of early 2000s Tooth & Nail creativity. Produced by