Synopsis

Nada Surf perform inside a stark, box-like metal room while dressed in white. The setting initially feels clinical and controlled, but dark liquid begins pouring into the space and gradually rises around them. The band continues playing as the room becomes increasingly claustrophobic, turning the song's yearning for emotional connection into a surreal image of being trapped outside love. By the ending, the performers are fully submerged, leaving the video with an ominous, unresolved final image.

Factoids & Trivia

• The video was pitched by filmmakers connected to a Los Angeles film school. At the time, Nada Surf only had a demo of "Inside Of Love."

• The song was reportedly the first track recorded for *Let Go*, partly because the video project created a very short deadline for completing the recording.

• Nada Surf manager Ben Weber sent Barsuk Records a VHS copy of the video. Barsuk co-founder Josh Rosenfeld recalled that the label immediately responded positively to it.

• Matthew Caws wrote the song around 2000 while living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Its starting point was a red Danelectro guitar he bought at Guitar Center for $115.

• The finished recording was simplified after the band decided that the original arrangement was too busy. The guitar and bass parts had to be replaced quickly because the video shoot was only days away.

• The video uses the band's white clothing and industrial enclosure as a visual contrast to the accumulating black liquid, turning emotional isolation into a literal loss of space.

• "Inside Of Love" was released as a single in 2003 and reached No. 73 on the UK Singles Chart. The song also appeared in *One Tree Hill* and *How I Met Your Mother*.