Nada Surf have announced Moon Mirror, their 10th album, which will be out September 13 via their new label home New West Records. The band made it at the legendary Rockfield Studios in Wales with Ian Laughton (Supergrass, Ash).
“Every time we make an album, I’m asked (and ask myself) what it’s about,” says frontman Matthew Caws. “I never know how to answer that question. I’m still trying to figure everything out, and that’s probably as close to a theme as there is. Looking back over the years, I know what our songs are about in theory: trying to reach acceptance (of circumstances, of oneself, of others), connection, a constant search for possibility and the bright side, a willingness to change, forgiveness, curiosity, checking in with one’s mortality, motivations and judgements, etc. But in the moment when making one up, I have no idea what I’m doing and maybe that’s ok. I’m just trying to stay honest with myself and take my best guess at making sense of the world.”
The first single from Moon Mirror is “In Front of Me Now,” which is the kind of soaring guitar pop Nada Surf do so well. Watch the video, directed by Joshua Britt and Neilson Hubbard, below.
Nada Surf have also announced a fall tour which is with their New West labelmates, New Zealand band Office Dog. The tour hits NYC on October 4 at Webster Hall, and tickets for all dates go on sale Friday, May 17 at 10 AM local time. All dates are listed below.
Moon Mirror:
1. Second Skin
2. In Front of Me Now
3. Moon Mirror
4. Losing
5. Intel and Dreams
6. The One You Want
7. New Propeller
8. Open Seas
9. X Is You
10. Give Me the Sun
11. Floater
Nada Surf – 2024 Tour Dates:
July 3 – Saint-Malô-du-Bois (Nantes), FR – Poupet Festival
August 2 – Crozon, FR – Bout du Monde Festival
August 3 – Olivenza, ES – Contempopranea Festival
October 2 – Washington, DC – Atlantis *
October 3 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts *
October 4 – New York, NY – Webster Hall *
October 5 – Boston, MaA- The Paradise *
October 7 – Montreal, QC – Le Studio TD *
October 8 – Toronto, ONT – The Great Hall *
October 9 – Detroit, MI – El Club *
October 10 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall *
October 11 – Milwaukee, WI – Vivarium *
October 12 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line *
October 15 – Seattle, WA – The Crocodile *
October 16 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom *
October 18 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall *
October 19 – Las Vegas, NV – When We Were Young Festival
October 20 – Las Vegas, NV – When We Were Young Festival
October 21 – Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up *
October 22 – Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom ~
October 23 – West Hollywood, CA – The Troubadour *
November 14 – Madrid, ES – La Riviera
November 15 – Bilbao, ES – Kafe Antzokia
November 16 – Zaragoza, ES – Las Armas
November 21 – Dublin, IE – Academy
November 22 – Manchester, UK – Gorilla
November 23 – London, UK – Islington Academy
November 24 – Luxembourg – Den Atelier
November 25 – Amsterdam, NL – Melkweg
November 26 – Brussels, BE – Botanique
November 27 – Cologne, DE – Carlswerk Victoria
November 29 – Paris, FR – Bataclan
November 30 – Lille, FR – Aeronef
December 1 – Hamburg, DE – Markthalle
December 2 – Berlin, DE – Metropol
December 3 – Munich, DE – Backstage Werk
December 4 – Vienna, AT – Arena
December 6 – Zurich, CH – Dynamo
December 7 – Milan, IT – Santeria Social Club
December 8 – Clermont-Ferrand, FR – La Cooperative de Mai
* support from Office Dog
~ support from Blair Gun