Question: Is Nada Surf or The Fray from further west?

Context articles: Those Mockingbirds
Matthew Caws
The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy
Daniel Brummel
You Know Who You Are (Nada Surf album)
Nada Surf discography
Nada Surf
John Roderick (musician)
Parade On
The Fray

Those Mockingbirds are an American band from Montclair, New Jersey, consisting of Adam Bird (vocals, Kyle Walters (guitar), and Kevin Walters (drums, vocals, percussion).
 They released their first studio recording, "No Symmetry", on their own label L.E. Records with distribution from SideCho Records in April 2010.
 The release was produced by Those Mockingbirds & Tom Beaujour (Nada Surf, Phoenix) former Editor-in-Chief of Revolver Magazine, and recorded at Nuthouse Studio & White Heat Studio.
 "No Symmetry" debuted at No. 1 on Amazon's Movers & Shakers Chart.
 Also in April 2010 a video was released indicating Those Mockingbirds had kidnapped the Numa Numa guy for a ransom of 50,000 song downloads of their single "Honest?
 Honest."
 The music video for "No Symmetry's" single, "Honest?
 Honest" was released later that year followed by a fan made video for "We Are The Antidote."
Matthew Rorison Caws (born August 5, 1967 in New York City) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist.
 He is best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the alternative rock band Nada Surf.
 Caws is also a member of the indie rock duo Minor Alps, alongside Juliana Hatfield.
The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy is the sixth album by alternative rock band Nada Surf.
 It was released on Barsuk in 2012.
 This is their first album of original material since 2008's "Lucky".
Daniel Brummel (born September 15, 1981 in Pasadena, California) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and record producer who has performed and recorded with the musical groups Sanglorians, Ozma, Weezer, Nada Surf, Scott & Rivers, Spain, Gowns, Monstro, and The Elected.
You Know Who You Are is the seventh album by alternative rock band Nada Surf.
 It was released on the Barsuk label in 2016.
The discography of Nada Surf, a New York-based alternative rock group, consists of seven studio albums, thirteen singles and one extended play (EP).
 Nada Surf was formed in 1992 and consists of Matthew Caws (guitar, vocals), Daniel Lorca (bass, backup vocals), Ira Elliot (drums, backup vocals), and Doug Gillard (lead guitar).
Nada Surf is an American alternative rock band which currently consists of Matthew Caws (guitar, vocals), Ira Elliot (drums), Doug Gillard (guitar) and Daniel Lorca (bass, backing vocals).
 Based in New York City and formed in the 1990s, Nada Surf continues to tour.
 Their eighth album, "You Know Who You Are", was a featured release on NPR in February 2016.
John Roderick is an American musician, writer, podcaster, and politician.
 He was born in Seattle, Washington to David Roderick, a former Washington State Representative; he grew up in Anchorage, Alaska, where as a young man he worked as a sluice box mucker for a gold mining operation in the area.
 He is currently the lead singer and guitarist in the band The Long Winters and was formerly a touring member of the band Harvey Danger.
 He is also a frequent guest musician on recordings by other bands, appearing on the Death Cab for Cutie album "Transatlanticism", the Nada Surf album "The Weight Is a Gift", The Decemberists album "Picaresque", and the David Bazan album "Curse Your Branches", as well as recordings by BOAT, Visqueen, Say Hi, Denver Dalley, Shelby Earl and Ken Stringfellow.
 He collaborated with Jonathan Coulton for Coulton's album, "Artificial Heart", released in September 2011 and a duo album called "One Christmas at a Time" in November 2012.
 Roderick became a founding member of the Seattle Music Commission in 2010.
Parade On is a solo album by rock guitarist Doug Gillard, best known as a member of the indie pop and indie punk bands Guided by Voices, Death of Samantha, and Nada Surf, among others.
 The album was released in 2014 on Nine Mile Records.
The Fray is an American pop rock band from Denver, Colorado.
 Formed in 2002 by schoolmates Isaac Slade and Joe King, they achieved success with the release of their debut album, "How to Save a Life" in 2005, which was certified double platinum by the RIAA and platinum in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK.
 The Fray achieved national success with their first single, "Over My Head (Cable Car)", which became a top ten hit in the United States.
 The release of their second single, "How to Save a Life", brought the band worldwide fame.
 The song charted in the top three of the "Billboard" Hot 100 and was a top 5 single in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.