tiny little rockets.

I’m the first to admit I “borrow” a lot of music. 

And, in an ironic moment, I feel a little bad about it lately. So I stopped “borrowing” as much. 

And whenever my favorite artists bring out new albums, I feel like it’s a holiday. So I buy their album and wait patiently for it to arrive on my doorstep from UPS-a Claus. 

This is the ONLY time you’ll get to hear that album for the first time. Right? It’s like the first time you made out with someone you really liked. Or the first time you got drunk with your friends in high school. It’s that feeling. It’s exciting and overwhelming, and you’re nervous a bit because you know it’ll end and you’ll just know what it feels like. 

Nada Surf’s new album, The Stars are Indifferent to Astronomy, comes out tomorrow. In an outrageously different moment? I bought a CD (!!) from their label, because it came with the promise of an acoustic bonus disc. 

And that’s the best twelve bucks I’ve spent in a while, because they just shipped me the album and this song came with it in all it’s acoustic glory. 

And you know…

When I opened the box and saw the CD?

I sorta felt like a music-addled teenager again. It’s like I had forgotten how magical that “Mitch Kramer on the bed at the end of Dazed and Confused with the headphones” moment was. 

It still is. 

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Nada Surf is like a someone I’ve been dating for almost 20 years. Sometimes, I know I like them, but I take them for granted and we just sort of go through the motions. But every now and then, in the right light, I look at them and realize why I fucking love them. 

Because whenever they make new music:

1) The Album ALWAYS has a phenomenal title (The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy. I mean. C’MON.)

2) Their lyrics are always perfect. Always.

3) I remember that these guys had a hit single when I was in middle school, reinvented themselves, started a second career with a new sound, and they keep getting better with every damn song. Listen to “Let Go.” It’s a fucking “change your life” record.

I cannot wait for this album to come out. They are, without question, my first true crush. I will never fall out of love with them. 

Dear Nada Surf. Please Keep making records. I love you like (fill in any metaphor here that says “a lot”).

“I don’t need more wine, I’m coming for you…”

(perfection).

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