artist biographies - Watashi wa dance party

San Diego’s Watashi Wa Dance Party are back this summer with their new EP, Skate Pop Suicide. The release is an incredibly eclectic mix of different sounds taken from all around the punk rock hemisphere - an achievement especially credible to the band’s international influences and homage to Japanese punk rock - or J Punk - such as Dustbox, Keytalk, and Dizzy Sunfist.

The band started in 2015 and have been pushing the limits of American suburbian punk music ever since. Though Southern California without a doubt has a rich skate punk history, Watashi Wa Dance Party has set out to do it harder, faster, catchier, and smarter. Did it work? That’s up to you to decide, but one thing’s for certain: Skate Pop Suicide is anything but the lackluster and formulaic plague that’s settled in American punk rock, and if you’re looking for something inspired, these guys got it.