Wild Colonials' musical development also represents an evolutionary process, one that has found most of the band focusing on their second instruments. The quintet's collective evolution, which would later see the arrival of Thaddeus Corea on drums, ultimately gave rise to an eclectic rock band. The Colonials consider their debut album, 1994's Fruit of Life, a snapshot of their early performances.
Life is like growing up.
But we took a bit more time with the new record because we wanted to really push ourselves and see what we could do. Can't Be Life takes many more chances, in every sense. The story of Wild Colonials is all about taking chances. Perhaps the first was Angela's decision to become a singer - or at least to start calling herself a singer. Born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland, she had been living in London.