On their second album of amiable alterna-pop, New York trio Nada Surf casually stroll through a thick catalog of various post-grunge styles to suitable, but uninteresting, effect.
Producer Fred Maher brings a more rounded, and heftier, wall of sound to Nada Surf's delicately balanced tales of life in the superficial and wishy-washy '90s than Ric Ocasek did on their 1996 debut, High/Low, but it's all ultimately disposable and utterly forgettable.
While there are times where The Proximity Effect tries to break out of the limiting corner of the alt-rock universe it's staked for itself (like the power pop rave-up "Why Are You So Mean to Me?"), more often than not it returns to the familiar, and assumingly comforting, haven of angst-free pop.
Nothing really wrong with that concept, but it's certainly one that will keep Nada Surf marked and suppressed with hyphenated labels.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HyperspaceNada Surf | Nada Surf | Play | 04:35 | 10 MB | 35 MB |
| 2 | AmateurNada Surf | Nada Surf | Play | 04:01 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 3 | 80 WindowsNada Surf | Nada Surf | Play | 04:24 | 10 MB | 30 MB |
| 4 | Mother's DayNada Surf | Nada Surf | Play | 03:46 | 8 MB | 29 MB |
| 5 | TroublemakerNada Surf | Nada Surf | Play | 04:21 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 6 | BacardiNada Surf | Nada Surf | Play | 04:01 | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| 7 | Bad Best FriendNada Surf | Nada Surf | Play | 04:09 | 9 MB | 31 MB |
| 8 | DispossessionNada Surf | Nada Surf | Play | 02:54 | 6 MB | 22 MB |
| 9 | The VoicesNada Surf | Nada Surf | Play | 03:29 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 10 | FirecrackerNada Surf | Nada Surf | Play | 03:46 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 11 | Slow DownNada Surf | Nada Surf | Play | 04:09 | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| 12 | RobotNada Surf | Nada Surf | Play | 05:30 | 12 MB | 27 MB |
| 13 | Silent FightingNada Surf | Nada Surf | Play | 03:50 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 53 mins | 121 MB | |||||
| 53 mins | 375 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew Caws | Guitar, Vocals |
| 2 | Jim Champagne | Assistant |
| 3 | Jim De Barros | Assistant |
| 4 | Ira Elliot | Drums, Vocals |
| 5 | Sam Erickson | Photography |
| 6 | Chris Fudurich | Engineer, Wurlitzer |
| 7 | Greg Gasperino | Assistant |
| 8 | Jack Hersca | Assistant |
| 9 | Peter Lewy | Cello |
| 10 | Daniel Lorca | Bass, Vocals |
| 11 | Fred Maher | Producer |
| 12 | Steve Mandel | Assistant |
| 13 | Nada Surf | Composer, Primary Artist |
| 14 | John Parthum | Engineer |
| 15 | Carl Plaster | Drum Programming |
| 16 | Lloyd Puckitt | Engineer |
| 17 | Jack Joseph Puig | Mixing |
| 18 | Andy Salas | Assistant |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |