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was nice; defi nitely got us a lot of hits for a while. I like MySpace a lot, I think it’s awesome.
EU: Your new album Lucky has gotten some really great reviews from critics. How have fans
received it?
MC: Great. It seems like ‘See These Bones’ is the one that is really connecting with people. But in
general all the new stuff is being received great live.
EU: How’s the tour going?
MC: Amazing. It’s great! We have Martin Wenk from Calexico playing with us this week and a half,
playing trumpet and keyboards and stuff, and the week before that we had Louis Lino who is a guy
from New York and now lives in Texas who helped me record the vocals in the last few records. He
produces and does some keyboards. It’s just awesome, he’s great. The crowds are amazing, places
are being sold out which we’ve never done before. More people than ever are showing up. The
crowds are much bigger than even when we were all over TV with ‘Popular.’
EU: Are you still getting requests for ‘Popular?’
MC: Yeah, sometimes. We play it sometimes. We often put it in the middle of the set. I think it’s
pretty funny. I still f**k it up. It’s hard to play.
EU: What’s been your favorite place to play so far?
MC: Boston is amazing. Boston is always nice. Montreal is amazing. Toronto is great. I love Canada;
it’s like here except better.
EU: Do you have a favorite song to play live?
MC: I really like playing ‘Whose Authority.’ It’s so easy to play that I can just think about singing and
just enjoy it. Years ago, like after one of our fi rst records, concerts were like a math test- I would just
put my head down and try to get past these ridiculously fast guitar parts. Now I can look up a little
bit. ‘Happy Kid,’ I’ve always loved playing that, and ‘See These Bones,’ the fi rst one off the new record,
is the last song in every show now. It’s really satisfying, it just builds and builds and keeps on
building and at the end it feels a little bit like we’re getting a point across.
EU: What can people expect from a Nada Surf show?
MC: We tend to play things a little faster than on the record, a little harder. We’re basically more
rockin’ and we really enjoy it… We’ll be playing some new stuff and some older songs. The shows
are pretty long. We’re kind of loud. We generally will say hi at the merch table at some point, we’re
pretty approachable. That’s about it.
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