Nada Surf - "The Weight Is A Gift" (Barsuk Records)
Two years after the release of the remarkable, critically acclaimed Let
Go, Nada Surf return with another infectious collection of super-melodic
guitar driven pop songs. There isn't a better album of smart guitar pop
you'll hear this year than Nada Surf's The Weight Is A Gift.
Formed in the late Eighties, Nada Surf include childhood friends Matthew
Caws and Daniel Lorca. After releasing an independent record in 1995 the
band were signed to Elektra Records. With production from The Cars' Ric
Ocasek, you may remember their vastly popular video and song, "Popular,"
which brought the band a significant amount of popularity. But then, the
band's relationship with their label went south.
Failing to hear a "single" on the band's follow-up album, The Proximity
Effect, Nada Surf were asked by Elektra to go back to the studio to
write one; the band refused and were then dropped. That album did come
out in Europe but not in the States. Since then the band has been making
the best music of their career for a terrific indie label in Seattle,
Barsuk Records, who have also put out terrific albums from Death Cab For
Cutie and Jesse Sykes, and Rilo Kiley.
The Weight Is A Gift picks up nicely where Let Go left off. Songs like
"Do It Again," "Concrete Bed," "Always Love," are instant pop classics
and once again, Nada Surf has released yet another mini-masterpiece of
pop music.
Written by Bruce Warren
Release Date: September 13, 2005
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