Water Seed's Lou Hill on the art and commerce of 'Wonder Love 1'

• Marlo Herring
• Water Seed: Lou Hill (far left), Cinese, Shaleyah, and J. Sharp

This week is a big one for the band known as Water Seed. Not only is the Atlanta-based/New Orleans-bred soul/jazz/funk crew dropping its third album, Wonder Love 1, on Tuesday, March 12, but this Saturday, March 16, the group is celebrating the new project with a release party that also includes high-energy house music trio Tortured Soul, singer N'Dea Davenport (of Brand New Heavies fame), and Atlanta's own DJ Kemit. To get the lowdown on everything Water Seed (which consists of members Lou Hill, Cinese, J. Sharp, Shaleyah, I.M.A., and Abel Melody) has popping these days, we checked in with bandleader Hill, and here's what he had to say:

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In the last few years, Water Seed has cemented itself as a solid band with some great original music under its belt. What do you have in store for your fans on your newest album, Wonder Love 1?

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Lou Hill: Truth be told, Wonder Love is our oldest project. It predates all of the works we have put out in the past few years. Sounds crazy, but we never thought the timing was right to release Wonder Love. Call it destiny, the stars and moon lining up, or just maturation of the band.