Nada Surf

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Nada Surf
Nada Surf during an acoustic set
Nada Surf during an acoustic set
General information
origin New York , United States
Genre (s) Indie rock , alternative rock
founding 1992
Website www.nadasurf.com
Current occupation
Matthew Caws
Bass , vocals
 Daniel Lorca
Doug Gillard
Ira Elliot
former members
Aaron Conte (1993-1995)

Nada Surf is an American alternative rock band from New York .

history

Matthew Caws and Daniel Lorca met as students at the Lycée Français de New York private school . After graduating from high school in 1991, they formed the band Because, Because, Because. In 1992 they turned to a new project that they named Nada Surf. 1995 Aaron Conte left the band and was replaced by Ira Elliot. In 2012 Doug Gillard joined the band as the fourth permanent member.

With the single Popular from their debut album High / Low from 1996, they achieved some public success. High / Low itself reached number 63 on the US Billboard charts. Problems with the record company meant that the second album The Proximity Effect in 1998 was only released in Europe. But even here the album was not particularly marketed despite good reviews, which is why it was largely unsuccessful. The band then bought back the rights to the album and released it on their own label MarDev.

In 2002 the album Let Go was released on a new record label , which also contains a French title Là pour ça . This is also an indication that Nada Surf has a relatively large fan base in France . The album's song Inside of Love reached 73rd place on the UK charts. In addition to the mere chart success, the band gained a loyal and enthusiastic fan base with Let Go , especially in Germany, and helped themselves to a status as heroes of the indie scene . Also appearances z. B. in the opening program of Sportfreunde Stiller in the Munich Olympiahalle or in front of Wir sind Helden in Berlin's Wuhlheide, Nada Surf achieved a relatively high level of awareness and popularity. In Europe, her records appear on City Slang , including her fifth studio album, Lucky , which was released in early 2008.

On May 7, 2010, Nada Surf's sixth studio album, If I Had a Hi-Fi, was released . It consists of 12 cover versions , u. a. from Depeche Mode and Kate Bush titles. In January 2012 the band released an album with their own compositions, The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy .

Use of Nada Surf titles in film and television productions

The title Blankest Year of their fourth album The Weight Is a Gift , released in 2005, served as background music for the television commercial for the Suzuki Swift in 2006 . B. In the films Regret Nothing , The Fat Years Are Over , Lovesong used for Bobby Long and Sommersturm . In the comedy film Oh Boy , the song Teenage Dreams runs in the background during the bar scene in which Niko meets his former classmate Julika . Nada Surf's music was also used in TV series . For example in OC, California . There the cover song If You Leave was used. The song Inside of Love appears in an episode of the first season of the American series How I Met Your Mother . The songs Always Love and Beautiful Beat followed in further episodes . In the also US-American series One Tree Hill some tracks could be heard and in the third season they had an appearance on the series in which they played Concrete Bed . In the film Disturbia , the song Always Love from the album The Weight Is a Gift is played at one point . The piece is also included on the soundtrack CD for the film.

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1996 High / low - - - - US63 (12 weeks)
US
First published: June 18, 1996
2005 The Weight Is a Gift DE51 (3 weeks)
DE 		- CH59 (2 weeks)
CH 		- US167 (1 week)
US
First published: September 20, 2005
2008 Lucky DE33 (2 weeks)
DE 		- CH39 (6 weeks)
CH 		- US82 (2 weeks)
US
First published: February 5, 2008
2010 If I Had a Hi-Fi - - CH86 (1 week)
CH 		- -
First published: June 8, 2010
2012 The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy DE31 (2 weeks)
DE 		AT46 (1 week)
AT 		CH42 (4 weeks)
CH 		- US86 (1 week)
US
First published: January 18, 2012
2016 You know who you are DE47 (1 week)
DE 		AT51 (1 week)
AT 		CH46 (1 week)
CH 		- -
First published: March 4, 2016
2020 Never not together DE49 (1 week)
DE 		- CH63 (1 week)
CH 		- -
First published: February 7, 2020

more publishments

  • 1995: Karmic (EP)
  • 1998: The Proximity Effect
  • 1999: North 6th Street
  • 2002: Let Go
  • 2003: Live in Brussels
  • 2016: Peaceful Ghosts (with the Babelsberg Film Orchestra )
  • 2020: Never Not Together

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2003 Inside of Love
Let Go 		- - - UK73 (1 week)
UK 		-
First published: February 2003
Hi-Speed ​​Soul
Let Go 		- - - UK87 (1 week)
UK 		-
First published: May 2003

More singles

  • 1994: The Plan / Telescope 7 "(Stickboy Records)
  • 1995: Deeper Well / Pressure Free 7 "(Deep Elm Records)
  • 1996: Popular
  • 1996: Treehouse
  • 1997: Deeper Well
  • 1998: Firecracker
  • 2002: The Way You Wear Your Head
  • 2003: L'Aventurier (only in France)
  • 2005: Always Love
  • 2005: Imaginary Friends
  • 2006: Blankest Year
  • 2007: See These Bones
  • 2008: Whose Authority
  • 2008: I Like What You Say
  • 2010: Electrocution 7 "(only in Japan)
  • 2011: When I Was Young
  • 2012: Waiting for Something
  • 2016: Believe You're Mine

Music videos

  • 1996: Popular (Director: Jesse Peretz)
  • 1996: Treehouse (Director:?)
  • 1998: Firecracker (Director: John Kelsey)
  • 2002: The Way You Wear Your Head (Director: Kieran Evans)
  • 2004: Live aux Eurockéennes 2003 (DVD)
  • 2006: Blankest Year (Director: Verena Soltiz)
  • 2006: Always Love (Director: Greifer & Krotenbluth)
  • 2008: Whose Authority (Director: Jonathan Krisel)
  • 2008: I Like What You Say (Director:?)
  • 2010: Electrocution (Director:?)
  • 2010: Enjoy the Silence (Director:?)
  • 2016: Cold to See Clear (Director: Spencer Gentz)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Andrew Leahey: Artist Biography. In: Allmusic. Retrieved January 6, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US