It was just a period of my life where I was in it as a new mom with two little kids, and this album kept me company through it all. The music touched me and spoke to me in such a profound way that was so moving. As you do with songs, you attach your own meaning to what it is. I think it just ruins everything. Again, the love affairs we have with music….
One thing that always stood out to me about Let Go is it has the greatest opening lyric to any song of all time. The storytelling is disembodied in that way and it lets Matthew Caws explore these memories in a way that really resonates to me. I think if we could resurrect my away messages from all those years ago, 9 out of 10 of them would be lyrics from this record.
The 10th would probably be something by The Smiths. The lyrics also impacted me as a songwriter too. Like paying really close attention to a professor you admire who helps you see things differently. This past March, I was in my hometown Boston for a wedding and the band happened to be playing that night on a stop of their Let Go 15th Anniversary Tour.
It was amazing. People, myself including, were just screaming along to every single word of every single song. It was weird and just amazing. I definitely got a whole new spin listening to them live too. But then again, what could?
Wobbly alt-rock idols becoming robust power pop dignitaries. For another, their other stuff is way better. And I like it! That said, the version of Let Go brought to us by OYR this week is a bit of a revelation; after all, I never even knew there was an alternate European track listing, let alone one that features three songs not on the American release.
This is a significantly different listening experience than I remember — one that draws listeners in both more subtly and more deeply. The album hosts a range of pace in the tracks, with no dominant tone aside from that nostalgic and fun kind of singing and crying, laughing in the rain that ruined your wedding kind of feeling. Indulgent, I fell into this record from the first moment, the tiniest bit wary to play it for anyone in my personal orbit, reluctant to hear any comparisons to other artists or albums of the time while this album stands up so well on its own.
If people wanted to dance and have an energetic party, the amplification and energy was there. If the mood called for more lyrical clarity and a softer, more narrative focused single, there was no shame in stripping things down.
What was surprising was realizing Nada Surf only hit this sound in a way that appealed to its fan base, two albums in. However, the production style markers of the time period are what do it. Let Go is a record that encapsulates all the best of early s alternative. Nada Surf have you covered in a completely diverse but cohesive way. There was more depth to the band than the strength of that one simple hit might have suggested. But there are no easy wins on Let Go either — they grew up considerably in terms of both production quality and finding their voice.
Indeed if they had released Let Go as their debut record, it might have achieved the same level of success as their debut. It was a great song, and few seemed ready to hear what came next. Drinking Hanging Out In Love. Introspection Late Night Partying.
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