Standing at the Gates: The Songs of Nada Surf's Let Go

Outside of The Beatles, I don't think I've ever been more infatuated with an album 15 years after its release than Nada Surf's Let Go. Quite simply, it's perfect. And in the past year it's risen rapidly to my top five of all time. That's the glory of music. You just never know when and how it'll hit you, yet I couldn't be more grateful. Treading Water? C'mon. That's just not fair to the other kids out there making music.

Nada Surf has been celebrating the anniversary with ones of those tours during which they play the whole album during the first set. Get all the dates here, but man what I wouldn't do to get to the Atlanta show in May.

The band also recently announced a covers album called Standing at the Gates featuring the likes of Aimee Mann, Rogue Wave, The Long Winters, Ed Harcourt, and more. That'll be released 2/2 and won't come close to the original, but hey, we can't listen to the same album over and over and over again, can we?

Pre-order the covers album here and download the original here.