Artist.......: Nada Surf
Album........: En Concert au Printemps de Bourges
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Rock
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: 2012-02-19
Str.date.....: 2010-04-15
Quality......: 224kbps/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://www.nadasurf.com/
track title time
1. En Concert au Printemps de Bourges 55:11
Runtime 55:11
Size 88.73
Release Notes:
Once in danger of being relegated to "one-hit wonder" status, Nada Surf
soldiered onward after the success of 1996's "Popular," following up a brief
residence on the Billboard charts with a slew of solid power pop albums.
Founders Matthew Caws (vocals, guitar) and Daniel Lorca (bass) were longtime
school friends, having studied together at the LycΘe Franτais de New York in
Upper Manhattan. After Lorca spent some time abroad in the late '80s, the two
reunited after graduation to form Because Because Because in 1991. By 1993, they
had jumped ship and shifted their focus to a new project, Nada Surf, whose first
two indie releases won the band a contract in Spain. They recorded an LP for the
European label, only to have their original drummer quit. Ira Elliot (formerly
of the Fuzztones) was brought aboard just as the group's European deal fell
through, and Nada Surf's luck returned when their demo found its way to Ric
Ocasek, who offered to produce additional sessions if Nada Surf wished to
re-record the material.
The trio soon signed to Elektra in 1995 and cut their debut LP, High/Low, with
Ocasek behind the boards. "Popular" became a surprise radio hit the following
summer, and Nada Surf found themselves lumped into the "nerd rock revival" camp
alongside Superdrag, Cake, and Weezer. This newfound popularity allowed Nada
Surf to release several tracks from their European demo as part of the Karmic
EP, but it also proved to be a double-edged sword. When the band returned in
1998 with The Proximity Effect, Elektra balked, claiming the album didn't have a
"Popular"-sized single. The album was released in Europe before Elektra
permanently dropped the band and shelved the record; it would take Nada Surf a
full two years to buy back the rights to their work.
The Proximity Effect finally entered U.S. record stores in 2000, when Caws
issued it on his own MarDev label, and Nada Surf traveled the country to promote
its release. After pooling together the funds of their merchandise sales, the
bandmates then entered the studio to independently record a third album, Let Go.
Barsuk signed the group and released the album in 2002; three years later, The
Weight Is a Gift (produced by fellow labelmate Chris Walla of Death Cab for
Cutie) furthered the band's critical acclaim. Nada Surf then returned in 2008
with Lucky, which featured musical contributions from Ben Gibbard, Ed Harcourt,
and members of both Calexico and Harvey Danger. Following a world tour in
support of the album, Nada Surf put their original compositions on the shelf
and, instead, turned to their influences. If I Had a Hi-Fi was released in 2010,
featuring covers of songs originally recorded by Kate Bush, Depeche Mode, Dwight
Twilley, and others. In 2012, Nada Surf celebrated their 20th anniversary with
The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy, the band's seventh studio album and
first collection of original material since 2008's Lucky.