How true love creates emotional grounding and vulnerability – ‘Orange Courage’ by Potatoi
I was super, super excited to listen to and write about Potatoi (John Cha)’s first full-length album – ‘Orange Courage!’ I have really enjoyed listening to his solo works and discovering his persona as an artist beyond the band wave to earth. He started out making mainly instrumental music as ‘obdnce,’ with his only lyrical track ‘With You’ featuring Daniel Kim’s beautiful vocals. As he first began writing lyrics for wave to earth (‘evening glow,’ ‘annie.’), I could clearly see a distinction in Daniel’s lyricism and John’s – where Daniel’s (for wave to earth) are flowery and filled with imagery and metaphors, John’s seem to express emotions as they are. With the EP ‘Toy,’ we were introduced to John’s solo persona and learned a little about him and his experiences. With ‘Orange Courage,’ though, I feel that John has really come into his own with his creations, and his voice feels truly authentic in these songs. Even the titles of both albums show this transition – John’s ‘Toy’ is p...