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Nada Surf: The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy
The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy will be available to stream on demand from January 16 through January 24, 2012. The album will be released on January, 24, 2012.
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About halfway through The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy, singer Matthew Caws issues a mission statement to sum up this and all Nada Surf records: "It's never too late for teenage dreams." Those seven hopeful words perfectly summarize a long-suffering rock group's unflagging optimism and wise, wide-eyed love of life. Now in their early 40s, the members of Nada Surf — singer/guitarist Caws, bassist/singer Daniel Lorca and drummer/singer Ira Elliot — still function as perhaps the least cynical band in the world. They've been stars, back when they had a left-field novelty hit with "Popular" in 1996, and they'd rather be happy.
The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy, out Jan. 24: big guitars, beautiful vocal harmonies, generous affirmations. But a new Nada Surf record is formulaic the way springtime is formulaic: It's always there to be counted on, and always an intoxicating arrival.
-- by Stephen Thompson, NPR Music
The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy will be available to stream on demand from January 16 through January 24, 2012. The album will be released on January, 24, 2012.