{"id":11541,"date":"2016-09-28T05:30:52","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T09:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=11541"},"modified":"2016-09-28T07:04:43","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T11:04:43","slug":"nada-surf-surfs-up-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/28\/nada-surf-surfs-up-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Nada Surf: Surf&#8217;s Up in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York City-based Nada Surf has been making albums and touring since 1992. And while their albums fare well among critics, they haven&#8217;t managed to break into the top tier of well-known rock bands. At least not in their home country. But in Europe, it&#8217;s a different matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;ve worked really hard to cultivate various parts of Europe,\u201d says drummer Ira Elliott. \u201cFrance took to us immediately; the French really love American indie rock.\u201d He adds, \u201cthe fact that Matthew [Caws] and Daniel [Lorca] speak French didn&#8217;t hurt at all.\u201d The group&#8217;s success there as well as in Austria and Switzerland has often sustained them. \u201cAt times when we couldn&#8217;t get arrested in the States, we could go to France and play a 22-city tour,\u201d Elliott says. \u201cAnd that&#8217;s the kind of thing that they don&#8217;t forget.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11542\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/nada_surf_dechant.jpg\" alt=\"nada_surf_dechant\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/nada_surf_dechant.jpg 500w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/nada_surf_dechant-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back in the USA, Nada Surf enjoys a more modest kind of success. \u201cI think Nada Surf should be much bigger,\u201d says Elliott. \u201cI&#8217;m biased, of course. But honestly, I don&#8217;t lose sleep over it.\u201d He says that the group has plenty of motivation that drives them forward. Elliot sums up their collective mindset: \u201cwe&#8217;re a 20 year old &#8216;new&#8217; band. And we&#8217;re trying to get people to like us!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"float: right; padding: 10px; width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ss&#038;ref=as_ss_li_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=musoscribe-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=B018TA0TK8&#038;asins=B018TA0TK8&#038;linkId=2b6260a68eb871be0966429eb26ab8fb&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And they do in fact have enthusiastic fans in the United States. Early in Nada Surf&#8217;s history, some of the band members lived in Williamsburg, Brooklyn; Elliott says that they even held a number of practices in the basement of what&#8217;s now Music Hall of Williamsburg.<\/p>\n<p>The group&#8217;s latest album, <i>You Know Who You Are<\/i>, is their eighth release. And even now, Elliott believes that Nada Surf \u201cis still being discovered. Whenever you start making a record, in a sense you&#8217;re starting from zero. You put the past behind you, and here you are in the present.\u201d He says that he and his band mates \u2013 guitarists Caws and Doug Gillard plus bassist Lorca \u2013 are proud of their body of work. \u201cIt&#8217;s amazing to us that we&#8217;ve been able to survive this long,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City-based Nada Surf has been making albums and touring since 1992. 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