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(1992 – present)

Nada Surf is an American alternative rock group formed in 1992. The New York band consists of Matthew Caws (guitar, vocals), Ira Elliot (drums, vocals) and Daniel Lorca (bass, vocals).

The band is best known for the song “

Popular” from their 1996 album High/Low. The song reached #11 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and propelled the album to #63 on the Billboard 200. Each of the verses in “Popular” are extracted from the 1964 guide “Penny’s Guide to Teen-Age Charm and Popularity” by former teen television actress Gloria Winters - and is sarcastically spoken - initially in a calm, deadpan voice that gradually builds 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 Atlantic], claiming they “didn’t hear a single,” asked the band to go back in the studio to hunt for one. As this was months after they’d handed the record 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 bought it. Elektra still didn’t care, but the band still did. So after wrestling the rights back, Nada Surf released The Proximity Effect stateside in 2000 on their own label, MarDev Records, and toured accordingly…

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1	Always Love	1,705
2	Popular	1,181
3	I Like What You Say	1,045
4	Blonde On Blonde	997
5	See These Bones	929
6	Weightless	857
7	Inside Of Love	814
8	Blankest Year	666
9	Whose Authority	655
10	Beautiful Beat	617
11	Happy Kid	543
12	Concrete Bed	532
13	If You Leave	516
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tiny-vessel wrote:
21 minutes ago

Thats true!!!

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ianspindola wrote:
Saturday afternoon

There's no better band!!!

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dvk5453 wrote:
Saturday morning

Weightless is a fantastic song... Best song of many really good songs this band has.. In my opinion of course..

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affectionately4 wrote:
Friday afternoon

Whose Authority.

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TheGuitarGuy wrote:
last week

beautiful beat

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RuanDiego wrote:
7 days ago

Blonde on Blonde ♥

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lucas7599 wrote:
17 days ago

I'd kill to see this band live.... Too bad i live in a country like Argentina

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samuelmack324 wrote:
23 days ago

All is a Game <3

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integralingham wrote:
last month

Warm lettuce.

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gabrielmrocha wrote:
last month

Going against the guy talking bad about "Lucky", I really liked it. Was the firts album i had... Think I have a special affect to it!

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suikodee wrote:
last month

Awesome band...

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algenono88 wrote:
last month

I need more groups like Nada Surf in my life :)

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musicremedy wrote:
last month

paper boats <3

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tiny-vessel wrote:
last month

their lyrics must be the beautifulest ever written.

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capitalch wrote:
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I always forget how good they are and rediscover it a while later and fall back in love

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lucas7599 wrote:
last month

Paper Boats: Best song ever

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MiguelCosta wrote:
last month

One of my very favourite bands, although I'm of the opinion that the lyrics are their weak spot.

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Wuarscht wrote:
last month

If you Leave ♥

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biinabrombim wrote:
October 2009

(LLL)

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kikote001 wrote:
October 2009

Su musica es una pasada!

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