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Nada Surf

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Rap

Nada Surf is a Rap act. Their sound grew out of Eiffel, Harvey Danger, The Features, that dog. and The Long Winters. Those roots explain a lot about how Nada Surf arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as We Are Scientists, Superdrag, Buffalo Tom, The Lemonheads and The Long Winters, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Pencey Prep, Chaos Chaos, Death Cab for Cutie, The Long Winters and Ron Gallo, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 57 connections around Nada Surf, reaching back through Eiffel and forward to Pencey Prep. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Nada SurfEiffelHarvey DangerThe Featuresthat dog.The Long WintersThe Soft PackOzmaRic OcasekPencey PrepChaos ChaosDeath Cab for CutieThe Long WintersRon GalloRogue WaveAimee MannboygeniusWe Are ScientistsSuperdragBuffalo TomThe LemonheadsThe Long WintersGusterEelsSuperchunk

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Nada Surf connections

Nada Surf grew out of Eiffel, Harvey Danger, The Features and that dog., shares an orbit with We Are Scientists, Superdrag, Buffalo Tom and The Lemonheads, went on to shape Pencey Prep, Chaos Chaos, Death Cab for Cutie and The Long Winters. 57 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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