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I can't compare fountains of wayne because I haven't heard it (except that one horrible song), but I'd say the weezer comparison is fair. But I hate weezer. I find them boring and useless, and I think a lot of girls like them because they are soooo cute.

Nada Surf is probably a similar vein to weezer, but so much better. Weezer is a whole lot of repeated power chords and monotone vocals and bass lines that follow said repeated power chords. Nada surf has melodic basslines, interesting guitar tone, and good choruses. I've been subjected to a lot of weezer, and it bores the piss out of me.

I get the Nada Surf comparison, and it bugs me because I think the band is lumped under that boring mellow alt rock thing. They have more going for them.