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Nada Surf:The Stars are Indifferent to Astronomy
Tags: album review, Barsuk, ear dropps, Nada Surf, Sarah Lashley, The Stars are Indifferent to Astronomy
Barsuk; 2012
Dropped by Sarah Lashley
From a band that was created only one year after I was, I would expect a little more maturity. Nada Surf’s seventh studio album, The Stars are Indifferent to Astronomy, is exactly what you would expect it to be—only in a diluted form. The band has managed to remain in the indie rock scene for two decades now, yet their latest album fails to bring any new insight, experimentation or excitement.
While the album is not particularly bad, it certainly lacks enthusiasm. Nada Surf seems to be having a midlife crisis: the album focuses almost entirely on lost youth and a hopeless future. In the album’s final track, “The Future,” the band’s silver-fox front man, Michael Caw, sings: “The future has long lines / The future looks like a screen / I can’t believe the future’s happening to me.” Rather than calling upon their successful past and drawing from two decades of experience in order to create a progressive album, the band remained in their comfort zone and produced a lackadaisical sound. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but sometimes it is too late for “Teenage Dreams.”
The Stars are Indifferent to Astronomy does have a few power tracks, including “Let the Fight Do the Fighting.” With it’s upbeat percussion and employment of French horn instrumentation, the song will please ears; the message, however, is once again that of lost youth. As the track whines: “You’re gonna wish that it was done / You’re gonna wish that you were young again / You’re gonna wish that is was fun / You’re gonna want to have someone again,” listeners are sucked even deeper into the vacuum of hopelessness that the album embodies.
Nada Surf is certainly not low on talent, but seem to have run short on industry. The Stars are Indifferent to Reality may have served as a therapy session for the aging indie rock group, but the album’s redundancy and watered-down sounds provide little comfort to the audience. Instead of “Waiting for Something,” the band may want to utilize their skill and experience to produce a more dynamic sound. Maybe next time, Nada Surf.
Wed Feb 1
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