It can be both a blessing and a curse to have your first single become a novelty hit on radio and MTV. On one hand, everyone knows your song for a while; on the other, the interest doesn’t last very long and people are less concerned with what you really sound like. Such was the case in 1996 when Nada Surf broke onto the scene with “Popular,” a tongue-in-cheek look at teenage life that was half sung/half spoken. The band released their second and third records in 1998 and 2002 with little fanfare, but a good deal of critical acclaim. In 2005 they came back with one of the strongest indie records of the year entitled The Weight Is a Gift. Nada Surf came into their own on this album with catchy songs about life lessons learned. Their fifth album is tentatively scheduled for a January 2008 release, and if it’s anywhere near as good as Weight, Nada Surf will hopefully be remembered as more than just a blurb on VH1’s I Love the 90s. Nada Surf - "Always Love"
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