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Nada Surf is an American alternative rock / indie rock group formed in 1992. The New York band consists of Matthew Caws (guitar, vocals), Ira Elliot (drums, backup vocals) and Daniel Lorca (bass, backup vocals). The band is perhaps best-known for the song "Popular" from their 1996 album High/Low. (see the dedicated section below).
Each of the verses in "Popular" presents, in spoken word format,sarcastic advice to teens. Initially offered in a calm, deadpan voice,the lyrics gradually build Kinison-style in teen angst and rage.
The follow-up effort, The Proximity Effect, failed to garner much attention. The band explains on their official website: Nada Surf recorded The Proximity Effect in 1998 with Fred Maher (Luna, Lou Reed, Matthew Sweet). It was a mighty fine record. Elektra,claiming they "didn’t hear a single," asked the band to go back in thestudio to hunt for one. As this was months after they’d handed therecord in, the band refused and were dropped. It’s pretty safe to say,though, that Elektra didn’t appear to be "listening" very hard. The Proximity Effect was released as scheduled in Europe. Critics loved it and fans boughtit. Elektra still didn’t care, but the band did. So after wrestling therights back, Nada Surf released The Proximity Effect stateside in 2000 on their own label, MarDev Records, and toured accordingly...
After a four-year break, the group released Let Go through Barsuk Records to positive reviews. The song "Inside of Love" received some airplay and even reached number 73 in the United Kingdom, a feat which neither "Popular" nor the other two previously released singles from Let Go achieved. On the strength of the single, the album reached number 31 on Billboard's Top Independent Albums chart.
The band's fourth album, The Weight Is a Gift, was released in Germany on September 5, 2005, by City Slang Records, September 12 in Japan and Australia and September 13 in the US by Barsuk, and in the rest of Europe, September 19 by V2/City Slang. It was produced by Chris Walla of the band Death Cab for Cutie, Louie Lino, and Nada Surf. The album's lead single is "Always Love."
After touring for one year after the release of The Weight Is a Gift, the band went back to the studio in March 2007, in Seattle, at the Robert Lang Studios, under the direction of producer John Goodmanson, to record its fifth album. On October 12, 2007, the band issued a statement announcing their fifth album, Lucky, which was released on February 5, 2008.