Second time this year that I see Nada Surf and again they put on a stellar show. Opening act Ezra Furman had some good songs but his performance was a bit erratic. He did manage to pull some funny banter in between songs especially before he played the song he wrote on Kirsten Dunst. Nada Surf came on stage at 9pm to an almost packed Scala. Doug Gillard from Guided by Voices was still there playing lead guitar but Martin Wenck who usually plays keyboard and trumpet with them is off touring with Calexico. Set list was heavily relient on material from the last album and Let Go (14 songs out of 21). We got to hear a rarely played Paper Boats which was nice plus a nice version of 80 windows (I missed the trumpet solo from Martin on this one). New tunes from The stars are indifferent to Astronomy fitted really well in the set and you can hear that some of them are future classics that will become mainstays in the bands live shows (Clear eye, clouded mind ; Waiting for Something, When I was young). Another high point for me was See These Bones, I never tire of hearing that song live. Matthew Caws was in his usual chatty mood, thanking the audience for coming along to the gig several times. Encore finished with a stellar version of Always Love and the usual call and response version of Blankest Year.
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