Beloved '90s comeback kids Nada Surf are releasing a covers albums entitled if i had a hi-fi. Taking on everyone from Kate Bush to The Soft Pack to the Go-Betweens, the band recorded the album over a three week period in September at Resonate Studios in Austin, TX with long-time collaborator and part-time keyboardist Louie Lino.
The album wasn't entirely planned, and came together on the heels of Nada Surf's world tour in support of 2008's Lucky. "The material came together spontaneously. We'd get together and kick ideas around and soon we had an A list, a B list, a C list...." says frontman Matthew Caws, "We really just wanted to do it organically, whatever we felt like covering in the moment, rather than trying to sum up our influences or something. It's whatever we were excited about in the months before making it. And I think we got to everything we wanted to."
Fans who attend any of the upcoming tour dates can pick up a copy of if i had a hi-fi before it's in stores. Among the album's 12 tracks are Depeche Mode's "Enjoy the Silence," experimental music icon Arthur Russell's "Janine," and the Moody Blues' proto-prog "Question."
The tour begins March 25th with three "Album Shows" in NYC. On consecutive nights, Nada Surf will perform their three most recent albums: Let Go, The Weight Is A Gift, and Lucky in full, along with songs from if i had a hi-fi, fan favorites and b-sides. The band will then continue on to cover both the East and West coasts.
There is a Fan pre-sale for most US shows on Wednesday, January 6th at 10 am Local Time at http://nadasurf.musictoday.com
MARCH
25 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom ("Let Go")
26 - Brooklyn, NY - Bell House ("The Weight is a Gift")
27 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg ("Lucky")
29 - Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace
30 - Montreal, QC - Cabaret du Musee Juste Pour
31 - Northampton, MA - Pearl Street
APRIL
01 - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
02 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
03 - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
13 - London, UK - ICA
15 - France - Printemps de Bourges Festival
17 - France - Strasbourg Artefact Festival
18 - Utrecht, Holland - Tivoli De Helling
19 - Brussels, Belgium - Botanique
20 - Cologne, Germany - Gloria
21 - Lausanne, Switzerland - D! Club
23 - Zurich, Switzerland - Abart
24 - Vienna, Austria - WUK
25 - Prague, Czech Republic - Lucerna Music Bar
26 - Berlin, Germany - Lido
27 - Hamburg, Germany - Knust
28 - Paris, France - Trabendo
29 - Madrid, Spain - Joy Eslava
30 - Murcia, Spain - Estrella Levante SOS 4.8 Festival
MAY
01 - Galicia, Spain - Villagarcia de arosa
15 - Longirod, Switzerland - Long'l'rock Festival
24 - Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern
25 - West Hollywood, CA - Troubadour
27 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
29 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
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