Eager Seas (formerly known as Lakes) is an American

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band, formed in June 2006 in Atascadero, California, consisting mainly of the former band members of Watashi Wa. They were signed to

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and on September 5, 2006, released a five-song EP named '' Photographs EP''. They are now independent as of their latest release in 2018 Seth Roberts, the lead vocalist of Watashi Wa, formed a new ensemble called Eager Seas after Watashi Wa's 2004 break-up, but the subsequent album was released under the name Watashi Wa in 2006. Roberts then left

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and signed with The Militia Group, with the new ensemble renamed Lakes. Their first show was played at the Cornerstone festival in 2006, where they also sold a limited number (200 copies) of their EP. This was more than a month before the official release date. The EP, released in September 2006, featured guest appearances by

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and

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of Copeland. Lakes uploaded a new song on MySpace on August 24, entitled "The Heart Is An Anchor". On August 11, 2010, Lakes announced the release of their full-length album, ''The Agreement''. The album was released on September 3, 2010, and featured 14 tracks. March 19, 2015, Lakes announced via the

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page that they would return to their original name, Eager Seas. Eager Seas released their latest Album "Mine As Well" on Nov 30, 2018.

Band members

;Current members * Seth Roberts -

Vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

Guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

, Mandolin, Keyboards * Jeremy Wells - Bass, Vocals * Miles Castenholz - Guitar * Theodore Ramirez - Drums ;Former members * Jacob Wick - Drums, Vocals, Guitar,

Violin The violin, sometimes known as a '' fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone ( string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument ( soprano) in the family in regu ...

, Keyboards * Matthew Covington - Vocals, Accordion,

Piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

, Mandolin, Guitar * Jason Massey - Vocals, Guitar, Drums, Piano, Keyboards * Roger Tompkins - Bass, Background Vocals * Simon Jones - Bass * Kevin Foster - Vocals, Mandolin, Guitar * Justin Sears - Drums * Aaron Wick - Drums * Seth Igarta - Bass

Discography

*'' Photographs EP'' (2006,

) *''The Agreement'' (2010) *''Fire Ahead'' (2014) *''California Christmas EP'' (2014) *''Mine As Well'' (2018)

References

External links

Lakes Myspace pageOfficial Eager Seas website
Musical groups established in 2004 Pop punk groups from California {{US-pop-band-stub