You Know Who You Are by Nada Surf

You Know Who You Are, Nada Surf's eighth studio album, came out on Barsuk on March 4, 2016, four years after The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy, and it finds the New York band doing what they've done best since Let Go: warm, bittersweet guitar pop with its heart worn right out in the open.

Matthew Caws still sings like a man who can't help being hopeful, with Daniel Lorca's bass and Ira Elliot's drums keeping things bright and steady and Doug Gillard, on board since 2012, filling out the sound. Two of the songs were co-written with Dan Wilson of Semisonic, a natural fit for a band that has always cared more about the chorus than the pose. "Cold To See Clear" was the track that caught on with the countdowns. It's a long way from the days when Elektra dropped them after "Popular" had made their name; this is a band comfortable in its own skin, and Never Not Together followed in 2020.

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