Artist
Nada Surf
Nada Surf is a rock artist from New York formed in 1992. 24 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Rock · New York · Best rock albums
- 24
- Releases
- 1996–2024
- Active years
- 1992
- Formed
Artist
Nada Surf is a rock artist from New York formed in 1992. 24 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Rock · New York · Best rock albums
Most popular
High/Low
1996
Let Go
2002
The Proximity Effect
1998
Moon Mirror
2024
If I Had a Hi-Fi
2010
The Weight Is a Gift
2005
Lucky
2008
The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy
2012
Never Not Together
2020
You Know Who You Are
2016
North 6th Street
2019
Peaceful Ghosts (Live)
2016
Peaceful Ghosts
2016
Live at the Neptune Theatre
2015
B-Sides
2014
Lucky (French Version)
2008
Live in Brussels
2004
In 1992, the band was formed by Matthew Caws and Daniel Lorca. Concerning the band's name, Matthew said, "it's actually referring to something much more existential, it's just surfing on nothing. Being lost in your head or in your imagination but you know, whenever I listen to music I always find myself off somewhere. Somewhere in space. You know, in mental space and it's a reference to that." They met in the Lycée français de New York; both spent some of their childhood in France and Belgium, and played in many bands, including The Cost of Living and Because Because Because. Their first drummer, Dan (later alluded to in the song "The Plan" from the album High/Low), was replaced by Aaron Conte, with whom the band recorded its first 7", The Plan/Telescope (1994/Stickboy), as well as the demo tape Tafkans, the raw version of High/Low. Those raw versions were later released on their second 7", Deeper Well/ Pressure Free (1995/Deep Elm Records), on the Karmic EP and on North 6th Street. In 1995, Conte left the band and was replaced by Ira Elliot, former drummer of the Fuzztones, a very active band of the eighties NYC scene, and of whom both Caws and Lorca were fans. After a show at the…
