A witty and literate melodic rock band, Nada Surf initially gained cult status with their '90s alt rock anthem "Popular" before issuing a slew of ever-sophisticated productions. After grabbing audiences' attention with their Ric Ocasek-produced 1996 debut, High/Low, the band continued to mature, honing their sound with albums like 2002's Let Go, 2005's The Weight Is a Gift, and 2016's You Know Who You Are. They even reworked their songs with symphonic backing from Germany's Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg on 2016's concert album Peaceful Ghosts, before returning to the studio for 2020's philosophically minded Never Not Together
