Album: “Karmic”

Description

Nada Surf: Aaron Conte, Daniel Lorca, Matthew Caws. <p>Recording information: 1993. <p>Originally issued in the mid-1990s and re-released after 2005's lauded THE WEIGHT IS A GIFT, the KARMIC EP offers up a portrait of Nada Surf in its formative stage, before the New York City-based power-pop band made the leap to a major label (for '96's HIGH/LOW) during the alt-rock boom. With its relatively lo-fi production and restless energy, KARMIC highlights Nada Surf's punchy, guitar-driven attack more than frontman Matthew Caws's earnest charm or keen songcraft (see the surging "Telescope" and the revved-up "Treehouse," a track that would also appear on HIGH/LOW), making it perhaps better suited for diehard fans than latter-day converts.