Ten years is a long time in any regard. Ten years is even longer when you’re waiting for a band to finally live up their full potential. But looking back ten years isn’t all that long to wait for an album as good as Nada Surf’s latest, Lucky (amazon) (itunes). After string of efforts that at best produced two great songs, and in the case of their last album only one brilliant song, it’s refreshing to finally hear these three guys live up to their obvious talent song after song. Unfortunately it was their startling lack of skill at bottling this magic for an entire album that kept me away from their latest disc for so long.
mp3 : Nada Surf - Whose Authority
mp3 : Nada Surf - The Film Did Not Go ‘Round
From start to finish the album if full of songs that relay both the band’s maturity as well as musical style. It’s also good to hear that the boys seem to have finally grown comfortable with their eclectic all inclusive style of modern pop. At times they stray slightly psychedelic into the realm of The Flaming Lips, other songs seem to bend toward the northwest pop sensibilities akin to The Long Winters, and on other tracks there’s hints of a country twang background similar to Uncle Tupelo and an earlier Wilco. What I like is this diversity and the effortless way Nada Surf spins from song to song without ever feeling as if they’re forcing the issue. At last we can all rest assured that Nada Surf have created one album that from start to finish lives up to their enormous potential.
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