Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader, and we leave you with a fantastic new song from the always welcome around these parts Nada Surf who return with their anticipated new LP, “Moon Mirror”, on 13th September via their new home on New West Records. The 11-song set was produced by the band with Ian Laughton and recorded at the legendary Rockfield Studios in Monmouthshire, Wales, like you know, around these parts. The album is Nada Surf’s first album in four years and marks the 30th anniversary (!) of their debut single, ‘The Plan’/’Telescope’.
They’ve released the video for the album highlight ‘New Propeller’ which was directed by Mark Pellington. The band’s Matthew Caws says the song is “a rumination on changes. It’s probable that during most years, most decades, we’ve felt that the present is peeling away from the past, that things are taking a new turn, sometimes a darker one. That ‘things are different now’ These last years have been no exception. It feels obvious to say that things are changing faster than ever, but they really are. AI is a new frontier that is raising so many questions, and it’s undeniable that we’re in a different political world than we were a few years ago. Mark Pellington helped us explore the murky waters of the present with our ‘Just Wait’ video in 2021 and now he’s helping us again.”
Pellington says, “We filmed real people affected by this new world — working, living, reading, teaching, with images as metaphor, abstraction and as cryptic remnants of progress, exploring issues of nature vs. consumerism, nostalgia, the cost of progress and perhaps the eternal quest for connection and simplicity joy.” Caws adds, “It’s unavoidable that parts of our lives will change, and some parts may be erased, but I feel hopeful knowing that as long as we have each other and keep a sense of community, we’ll be able to live out our days feeling alive and present.”
It’s basically an incredible song and that video… crikey.🥺 Do support your local Palestine events over the weekend if you can, the situation is just getting worse over there, however impossible that might seem after everything that’s happened already. Take care and have a good one.
