Back in the day, Nada Surf’s record label appeared to be trying to turn them into a covers band. The band put up a fight, were dropped by the label, did their own thing, became crazy popular and put out a further three successful albums. Their old Label’s official position is ‘not bothered’. We think they’re lying. Click Here to Compare & Buy Nada Surf Tickets
Ironically, the post-grunge rockers new USA tour features songs from their newest album, ‘If I had a Hi-fi’ which is an album of covers. It is likely that the new album will feature heavily in their British dates.
The band have said they’ve put together a section of songs they’ve always liked or are just crazy about at the moment. So the new album is essentially an expensive mix-tape. Anyone remember mix-tapes? Waiting by the radio for the latest song, fingers hovering over play and record or getting the trusty fridge-sized twin tape player out for old songs… Mix discs the kids would call them now, though that sounds more like a back-injury. Who am I kidding? Nowadays, people just share playlists.
10 years down the line, people will use Microsoft Telepathy (TM) to share the experience of just having listened to a playlist via brain implants whilst simultaneously downloading 15 wanka-bytes of randomly computer-generated music for their external USB-brain to listen to. Sigh. I miss mix-tapes.
So, songs Nada Surf have covered for the album are an eclectic bunch, as mix tapes traditionally are. They include numbers from Kate Bush, Dwight Twiley and the Go-Betweens.
The first, but rumoured to be not the last, British date is:
13th April – London, UK - ICA
European tour dates are as follows:
15th April – France – Printemps de Bourges Festival
17th April – France – Strasbourg Artefact Festival
18th April – Utrecht, Holland – Tivoli De Helling
19th April – Brussels, Belgium – Botanique
20th April – Cologne, Germany – Gloria
21st April – Lausanne, Switzerland – D! Club
23rd April – Zurich, Switzerland – Abart
24th April – Vienna, Austria – WUK
25th April – Prague, Czech Republic – Lucerna Music Bar
26th April – Berlin, Germany – Lido
27th April – Hamburg, Germany – Knust
28th April – Paris, France – Trabendo
29th April – Madrid, Spain – Joy Eslava
30th April – Murcia, Spain – Estrella Levante SOS 4.8 Festival
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