Alternative rock lifers Nada Surf have returned with their ninth record, and while it may not be the \u201890s anymore, these guys show that they haven\u2019t lost a step. <\/p>\n
Opening track \u201cSo Much Love\u201d is a perfect indie pop song for 2020 and showcases all the best elements this band has always had. The band has gradually turned down the volume over the years, but the songwriting of Matthew Caws has stayed consistent. Listen to a song like \u201cLive Learn And Forget\u201d and you can hear elements of Death Cab For Cutie running throughout, which is a great comparison because both bands have been around for ages. This album is the perfect soundtrack for a walk around the city when you haven\u2019t a care in the world.<\/p>\n
The guitars get turned up on tracks like \u201cSomething I Should Do,\u201d but that doesn\u2019t detract from the overall peaceful ambience that\u2019s been prevalent throughout the record. The last few minutes of the song have a very cool spoken word run that will instantly remind the listener of \u201cPopular,\u201d the band\u2019s biggest hit from 1996. It\u2019s a nice little throwback and it shows that they haven\u2019t lost their sense of humor. \u201cLooking For You\u201d is nice and dreamy; reminiscent a bit of Echo & The Bunnymen, which is always a great thing to hear in this day and age.<\/p>\n
There really isn\u2019t anything that makes this record stand out and dynamic or dull and drab. It\u2019s just a great indie rock record from a time tested band that refuses to do anything too drastic to alter their sound. Sometimes in this crazy music scene, this is exactly what we need in order to make ourselves feel better after turning off the radio due to the repetitiveness and lack of originality heard in today\u2019s other music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":33990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[7685],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-45818","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-nada-surf","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=45818"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=45818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}