Nada Surf
NADA SURF SET TO RELEASE THE WEIGHT IS A GIFT, THEIR HIGHLY ANTICIPATED
FOLLOW-UP TO 2003'S LET GO on September 13th thru Barsuk.
Do It Again:
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Remember when Nada Surf came out with Let Go in 2003? Remember how it
was a
poignant, enchanting reminder of why you started buying records in the
first
place? How it was just so sweet and nuanced and superbly designed? How
the
sentiments moved you and the harmonies made you swoon? Well, the
follow-up
to Let Go has arrived, and we couldn't be more thrilled to tell you,
The
Weight is a Gift is just that - a gift.
For lead singer/lyricist Matthew Caws, "working on music seems to be
the
best escape route I have. It's a place I can go and have some peace. As
life
inevitably gets more complicated, you need those escapes more and
more."
Indeed, The Weight is a Gift, and Nada Surf in general, is an escape
from
those complications and then some.
Nada Surf has always embodied an enviable musical esthetic. It's
stripped
down, void of studio trickery, existing in an idyllic and beautiful
place
that completely escapes all that overarching bravado and hones in on
music's
basic truth: if it is good, people will cling to it. The Weight is a
Gift
was produced by Death Cab for Cutie's Chris Walla (who also performs on
the
album). It was recorded at John Vanderslice's Tiny Telephone studios in
San
Francisco and at Walla's Hall of Justice in Seattle.
Harmonies stack up knee-deep as the boys channel their inner Moody
Blues in
swelling epics like "Do It Again," "All Is A Game" and the best pop
song
you'll hear all year - "Imaginary Friends." The album's soft, fuzzy and
undeniable centerpiece, "Always Love," issues a twinkling conviction
while
"What Is Your Secret?" pilots the arrival of a brutal truth.
Throughout,
even within the more soft-spoken moments on The Weight is a Gift
("Comes a
Time" and the eerily beautiful "Your Legs Grow"), it is Caws'
profoundly
emotive and angelic voice that makes this album a glittering gem.
It's the kind of album you reach for on a Saturday morning. Just waking
up,
deciding what to do with the afternoon, you sink into The Weight is a
Gift
and open your shades to a hazy summer day.
The band are currently on a European tour, and will be returning to the
US
in October with a slew of dates across the country with New York outfit
Say
Hi To Your Mom.
Nada Surf US Tour Fall 2005:
*All dates (unless noted) will be played with Say Hi To Your Mom
October
4 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat
5 - Philadelphia, PA @ TLA
6 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
7 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom (w/ Shivaree)
8 - Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
10 - Northampton, MA @ Pearl St
11 - Montreal, CAN @ La Sala Rossa
12 - Toronto, CAN @ Lee's Palace
14 - Chicago, IL @ Metro
15 - Minneapolis, MN @ 400 Bar
18 - Vancouver, CAN @ Media Club
19 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos
20 - Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theatre
21 - San Francisco, CA @ Bimbo's
22 - Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
23 - San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
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