The Proximity Effect

by Nada Surf

The Proximity Effect cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 7 September 1998
  • Label: Elektra
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 56:00
  • Community rating: 3.8/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Ira Elliot, Dylan Williams, Fred Maher, Daniel Lorca, Peter Lewy, Matthew Caws

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Infamously rejected by their major label for lacking a novelty radio hit, the band was forced to purchase the rights to this stellar sophomore album themselves. Freed from major label constraints, the record thrives on driving, passionate power pop and Matthew Caws' deeply melancholic, emotionally resonant songwriting.

Genres

Descriptors: noisy, guitar-driven, melodic, literate, punchy

Tracklist

  1. Hyperspace (4:36)
  2. amateur (4:01)
  3. 80 windows (4:24)
  4. Mother's day (3:46)
  5. trouble maker (4:21)
  6. Bacardi (4:01)
  7. Bad Best Friend (4:10)
  8. dispossession (2:53)
  9. The Voices (3:28)
  10. firecracker (3:47)
  11. Slow Down (4:09)
  12. robot (4:35)
  13. Silent Fighting (3:50)
  14. spooky (3:52)

Credits

  • Nada Surf - primary artist, songwriter [songs by], songwriter [song by]
  • Charles-Henri Sanson - artwork [additional web and photo help and vr panoramas by]
  • Daniel Lorca - bass, vocals
  • Ira Elliot - drums, backing vocals
  • Matthew Caws - vocals, guitar
  • Danny Pound - lyrics by
  • Vitreous Humor - music by
  • Peter Lewy - cello

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