The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy

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AlbumOct 08 / 201310 songs, 38m 15s
Power Pop Alternative Rock Indie Rock
Popular
4.4 / 10

On their seventh album, Nada Surf set out to capture the raw, excited feel of a practice-room jam session.

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“I cannot believe the future’s happening to me,” Nada Surf’s Matthew Caws sings on the closing track of The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy, and it’s a fair perspective. It’s been two decades since the band launched, and 16 years since its one-hit-wonder days as the purveyors of "Popular." The alternative era feels…

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Nada Surf have managed to squeeze in several lives over the course of almost two decades together. They’ve been called one…

If you’re hoping for a fix of that seminal Seattle sound, you’re better off plundering the archives from that time.

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In the midst of everything, a heart-in-mouth Matthew Caws proclaims “it’s never too late for teenaged dreams!”

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We’ll just let the title go, yeah? After almost twenty years of pop-rock riffery, New Yorkers Nada Surf have hit form again.

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Nada Surf - The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy review: Age is just a number.

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