Nada Surf recently announced their ninth studio album ‘Never Not Together’ is due for release February 7th via City Slang. To kick things off, they have released ‘Something I Should Do’.
It has been, at times, a ridiculous decade. At others, desperately worrying. The echoes of the 1930s have been sleepwalking there back into societies around the world. As the far right’s identity becomes more prominent, progressive influence has diminished.
Progressive liberalism has continuously lost votes, turned on itself, and, fragmented. As this decade closes, the New York icons have scratched away at the surface at let some much-needed light in to guide us through. Free yourself from social media, show more empathy and immerse yourself in art all seem obvious, but, via Matthew Caws’s heavenly vocals, they become gospel.
His lyrics hold much weight, not because of any Strummer-esque sloganeering, but, via their humbleness and honesty. His finger is on the pulse of what the human condition is in 2019. Wanting space to breathe but longing to belong in a social media dominated world is a different animal to anything seen in the last century. However, being kind hasn’t changed, and Caws eloquently advocates much more of it on and offline.
After 10 years of Tory divide and conquer tactics, and Trump’s acceleration into the abyss, this single, a chink of light for a more caring future is expertly timed. They have drawn warm, embracing, and intelligent battle lines. Let heartfelt reason lead us to enlightenment once more!
*Image courtesy of Annie Dressner
