Storm Surge of Reverb

Previously as part of the Gremmy Awards I released a big list of every surf release that I had come across in the past year. This year I decided to keep it as a rolling, consistently updated list. It's less fun at the end of the year, but it's more helpful this way.

A few things to note:

• Must have been released in 2023.
• Inclusion on this list does not mean that I've listened to it.
• Exclusion from this list could mean I don't know about it, that I haven't updated it yet, or it could be an error! Either way, contact me!
• Bolded means I've reviewed it.
• I don't include single song releases. It's just too much to keep track of.
• First issues only unless it's been years since the first issue. What I'm trying to say is, if your album came out digitally in 2022 but vinyl came out in 2023, I consider that a 2022 release.
• My definition of an LP means either 8 songs or a half hour of music. I have to draw the line somewhere! Also if a band calls an album an EP despite fulfilling those requirements, I call it an EP.
• Must be at least 50% instrumental.
• I try to be generous, but my defintion of surf is ultimately my own.

LPs

• Alewife - Grommets, Gremmies, Kooks & Weirdos
• Amphibian Man - Path
• Antisocial Spaghetti Club - La Merte del Surf, Vol. 1
• Beach Moonsters - Walk Like a Moonster
• Ben Rogers' Instrumental Asylum - Splash Landing
• Beware the Dangers of a Ghost Scorpion - Acid Chalet
• Boom Pam - Royal
• The Breakers - A Seahorse of a Different Color
• Buzzy Frets - The Return of the Buzzy Frets
• Cannibal Mosquitos - Surfin' Heroes Party
• Chauffeur et Parlak - Homemade Pickles
• Christopher Gilson - Peckeroo Surf
• Chrome Castle - Future Fiction
• Coppertones - Party at Mike's
• Cosmic Mud - Nowheremansland
• Daikaiju - Phase 3
• Danger!! Death Ray - DEVASTATION
• Docteur Legume et les Surfwerks - La Celere
• Dome La Muerte EXP - El Santo
• El Borko - ¡Surf!
• El Capitan & The Reluctant Sadists - The Satanic Sounds of
• Escola dos Maus Costumes - Escola dos Maus Costumes
• Everglades Rhythm - Brookside Road, Vol. 4
• Filthy Robot Brigade - 2 Rise of the Satanic Mechanic
• Footstep Surf Music Band - Live Cervejoteca Surf Party
• Froghat - Meet Froghat
• Fuzzy Loom - Mormodrama
• Gglitch Family Band - High Tide
• Gold Tokens - The Hottest Day of the Year
• Gorilla Escapes - Gorilla Escapes
• Halibears - Helsinki Twister
• Intoxicos - Sick Drop
• Jay Poison and the Bat People - Night of the Bat People
• John Eichem - Werewolf Detective
• King Pelican - Volume 2
• Krankaput - 9KBLM
• Les Panches Surfer - La Balasera
• Lords of Atlantis - S/T
• Lords of Surf - Gnu Wave
• Los Babydolls - Desde las Cenizas
• Los Banditos - Live Kassa 1997
• Los Gargarins - Kryptokosmos
• Los Grainders -  Surf Beat '23
• Los Hombres Lobo - Nacimiento del Lobo
• Los Reverb - La Invasi​ó​n del Dr​.​Reverb
• Los Tiros - La Trilog​í​a del Error
• Los Vampiros del Mar - Songs of Blood, Death and Romance
• Magnatech - An Evening with Magnatech
• Magnatech - Herr Magnatech Bittet Zum Tanz
• Mamphibian - Sunrise
• Manta Manta & Utra Beach Bar Boys - Surf the World
• Mark Malibu & the Wasagas - Haunted Hotrod Beach Party
• Martin Månsson Sjöstrand Trio - Ljudet
• Martin Walsh - Drag Chute
• Mike Steele - Goofy Footin'
• Monster Wave - Pazuzu Luau
• Mr. Moai & The Tikiheads - Surfotica
• Now That's What I Call Surf - Volume 2
• Pacific Witch - Relics Only
• Phonocaptors - Atomic Lunch
• El Papu & Los Fantásticos Reverberantes - Al Ritmo del Oleaje
• Pollo Del Mar - Speed of Dark
• Quantum Surf Rocket Garage Dolls - The Ship, the Compass, and the New World
• Rambamba - Cervelli della Nasa
• Raul Malo - Say Less
• Rudeigin Eile - Surf Noir
• Satan's Pilgrims - Thomas Lauderdale meets The Pilgrims
• Satanic Puppeteer Orchestra - Surf the Web
• Shrimp Chaperone - Trilobyte Weekend
• Shorty's Swingin Coconuts - Surf Shack Shindig
• Spacecramp - Bob Fantasy
• SPF 1985 - Sunburner
• Stein - The Lost Horse
• Supertubos - The Fourth Drive
• Surfersaurus - Dino-Might!
• Test Subject 17 - I Am Test Subject 17
• The Akulas - Inundated Land
• The Atlantics - Still Making Waves
• The Atom Jacks - 100 Seconds (4/14)
• The Beyonderers - Live in Akron
• The Biarritz Boys - Inside Clean Waves
• The Bomboras - Songs From Beyond!
• Buzzy Frets - The Return of Buzzy Frets
• The Chantays - A Dawning Sun
• The Cheese Mites - Snufproximately Surfmegesque
• The Clams - Ceviche
• The Cosmic Wrays - Blast On, Blast Off!
• The Creature Preachers - Necro A Go-Go
• The Dangermen - Tranquille Shore
• The Desolate Coast - Without a Planet
• The Dreadtones - The Dead Frequency
• The Doltones - Sound Recycle Machine
• Eric Kay and the Surfaronies - We Still Love You, Judy Moon
• The Fuzillis - Grind a Go Go Volume 2
• The Insanitizers - Insane Knot Tie Soars
• The Isotopes - Fireworks Factory
• The Joyful Hope - The Joyful Hope
• The Killifish - First Fish in Space
• The Patina Turners - What's Rust Got to Do With It?
• The Secret 4 - Dead Science
• The Silhouettes - Valley of the Shadow
• The Slimetones - Turtle Music
• The Squadron Leaders - Crash/Burn
• The Sloptones - Slough Raider Ploy
• The Stingers - Vol. 3: No Stopping!!
• The Strings Aflame - Totali Catastrofica
• The SurfAnauts - WarmUp
• The Surfcrusters - Sartana procura vingan​ç​a pelo genocidio Yanomami
• The Surfer Novas - Radio Galaxy
• The Surf Hermits - Road Trip
• The Surfle Jerks - Get Titled: Live at CAX 2023
• The Tentakills - Rage of Aquarius
• The Terrorsurfs - From the Jaws of Hell
• Tidal Baby - Moto Club
• The Ventures - New Space
• The Vicissitones - Melody, Rhythm and Reverb
• The Wankats - No Wave in Town
• The Weisstronauts - Hamming It Down
• Tiki Bombs - Surfin' Through Bullshit
• Tiki Bombs - Primitive Surf Music
• Terry "Buffalo" Ware - The Buffarama Chronicles, Volume 1
• Total Quality Movement - Breathless: Vol 1 SurfWave
• Travelers of Tyme - Someday in the Ancient Future
• Trio Koko - Taruko II
• Unkle Kook - Coming in Bunches
• Vern Jules & the Aquanauts - S/T
• Wanted Man - Channels Volume One
• Zako - 1

EPs and Mini-LPs

• '71 Super Creep - A Night at the Drive-In
• Agent Octopus - From Atlantis with Love
• A Love Electric - God Save the Surf
• Astronimo - Astronimo Demo
• Atomic Drag - Atomic Beach Party b​/​w Drag or Astro​-​Drag
• Atomic Timmy & the Nuclear Pinups - Beach Blanket Blammo
• Big DW and the Magnetics - The Veil - Concerto for Surf Guitar
• Burn Notice - Live @ UBG 2021
• Captain Louie & the Transatlantic Magnates - PANIC ON THE BEACH!
• Chewbacca's - Two Worlds, One Beginning
• Cliff Jetson and his Mirage Men - Mistica
• Culebra & Thee Surf Evolution School - Deep West
• Culebra & Thee Surf Evolution School - Surf Music Scenes
• Danyaal - Boardwalk Bop, Vol. 1
• Dead Kampers - Panic at the Boardwalk
• Delayed Drummers - Catch the Bees
• Diego Fedora - Make More Noise
• Diego String Breaker - Plays Green day
• Doc Phantoms - Desert Lounge
• Dodgy Surf - Dodgy Surf
• Dodgy Surf - Up All Night! (Outtakes)
• Domagoj Škara - Whips of the Navajo
• Draculina - Draculina
• Evy & the Assholes - Kickin' Ass With Evy & The Assholes
• F. Matthew Burns - Anomolous Horizons
• Fly Janet - Rachel
• Fly Janet - Vinc's Birthday
• Froghat - Froghat Plays the Hits
• Fuegovic - Tumbleweed
• Fuzzy & Twang - Burning Hot Wild Waves!
• Hughie Landshark and the Sandblasters - There is a Time For Panic
• Hughie Landshark and the Sandblasters - Dread Symphony
• Hughie Landshark and the Sandblasters - A Flood of Evidence
• Ichi-Bons - Ich-i-bon #1
• Intergalactic Surfers - Surf of the Dead
• Interstellar Riders - s/t
• Intóxicos - Capixaba Hard Core Surfers
• Jay Poisön and the Bat People - Echoes from the Batcave
• Kay Firlito & the Sun-Dried Surf Band - Summer Vacation Kinda Sucked
• Kincaid and the Memetics - Flightless Birds
• Kincaid and the Memetics - Sunny Disposition
• Kitten and the Tonics - Painkiller
• Lazer Gun Saloon - Yeti Sasquatch
• Little Kahuna - Lost Oasis
• Lituma - Escalofr​í​os
• Las Hormiguitas - Alona
• Las Serpientes Nadadoras - La Ruptura del Huevo
• Los Ahorcados - s/t
• Los A-Tunes - Cabos Sueltos
• Los Coyotes Muertos - La Venganza
• Los Manolitos - Surfadelic
• Los Meteoritos - La Otra Orilla
• Los Reyes - Rocketship
• Los Surfer Compadres - Squad Car (Extended Play)
• Los Surfer Compadres - A Night With the Dead
• Lost Acapulco - Y Su Tormenta Monstruo​-​Mental
• Los Tiros - El Excesivo
• Los Vaccine - С​о​в​е​т​с​к​и​е м​у​л​ь​т​ф​и​л​ь​м​ы 2
• Los Vaccine - П​о​л​е​з​н​ы​е И​с​к​о​п​а​е​м​ы​е
• Los Vampiros del Mar - Attack of the Surf Bat! EP
• Luke Skywalker and the Eggs - Surfin' 2
• Lunatico Sr. Yamaguchi - Juguete Nuevo, Parte 1
• Magnatech - Do the Swine
• Mamvt - DSL
• Man...or Astro-Man? - Peel Session 1993
• Man...or Astro-Man? - Radio Scotland 1994
• Manta Manta & Utra Beach Bar Boys -  Outback Kick Out / Jade Coast Afterglow
• Mark Hocknell - Surfin' Hippo
• Mark Malibu & the Wasagas - Hellbent For Speed EP
• Memoria de Ataúd - Sesi​ó​n Cruda
• Mercedes Culebra - Exotica
• Messer Chups - Night Stripper
• Messer Chups - Blood and Black Lace
• Minor Mirage - Gray Area
• Murciélago Surf Band - Crazy Misirlou
• Mustard Allegro - The Kitchen Essentials EP
• My Dusty Raygun - My Dusty Raygun!
• Nishioka Diddley - Memory of Tashiro Isle Trip
• Nuclear Juarez - Dogstar
• Northern Tides - Northern Tides
• Northern Tides - Wrong Orange County
• Panty Tsunami - Panty Tsuanmi Strikes Again
• Papa Surf - Mr Sinister
• Pelomono - Danza de la Cobra
• Pozor Vlak - Bunga Bunga Party
• Quetzal Tenago - Sorry mama, I​’​m possessed by surf! EP
• Rangers - Apache EP
• Rangers - the Cruel Sea EP
• Rangers - Skylab EP
• Rangers - In Japan EP
• Reef Rats - My Wave, Your Grave!
• Resonadores - Republica Banana
• Resonadres - Pata de Perro Corazon de Pollo
• Robotron - Live Set 2023
• Shango - Shango
• Shango - Reverb of the Living Dead
• Shark Beach 2 - Das Volleyball: The Life and Death of Karl Sharx
• Shoreline Dreamers - Mild Peril!
• Solar Idolater - Bonfire
• SPF1985 - Surf on the Beach
• Spitwater - Medusa - A surfpunkjazz EP
• Spy Penguin - Not bad for a Tuesday
• Squad Surf Club - No​ë​l Mexicain
• Sunny Daze & the Weathermen - Max Can't Surf / The Beach is Alright
• Surf Cult - Beach Noir
• Surf! Terror! Panic! - Coolophonic Board-Donking
• Surfmaster - Let it Be.... Surf Guitar
• Swamp Ape - Frozen River
• Sys Malakian - Live at Katz Studios
• Terror! In 3D - The Candy Corn Singles
• Terror Noturno - ainda é cedo
• Terror Noturno - depois da meia noite
• The Abyssal Lurkers - The Kraken Wakes
• The Almighty Devil Dogs - Autorama
• The Atom Jacks - Mirage IV / Uranium
• The Atom Jacks - MiG Diplomacy / Fragnet
• The Babaloonies - Winternationals
• The Babu Galaxy Surf Club Band - Jupiter Key Largo
• The Breakers - Monster Storm
• The Deaf Surfers - Love in Space
• The Del Roswells - Death From Above
• The Dirty Licks - Masters of the Electrical Internet
• The Dwellers - First Wave
• The Eerie - Psychlops
• The Eye Five - Creature Crawl EP
• The Golden Mile Band - Bhang Bhang
• The Great Lakes Surf Pyrates - Keel Hauled
• The Groovy Times - Ice Cream Season 3 EP
• The Guantanamos - Lost in Deep Waters
• The Humidity  - It's Not the Heat, It's...
• The Isotopes - Little Saint Nick
• The Krontjong Devils - Los Krontjong Devils Tocan Surf S​ú​per Seco
• The Luck Pushers - Surfing in West Virginia
• The Meteoroids - Boss Angeles
• The Meteoroids - Mr. Marvin | Checkpoint Chavez
• The Meteoroids - Swamp Thang | The Creeper
• The Obsidians - Notre Histoire
• The Overloaders - Bootlegged at Practise Room
• The Patina Turners - Shorebreak
• The Pseudos - Surf Bozos: 30 Years of Surf Rock
• The Puromaniacs - Social Junks
• The Rasputones - Demos
• The Rhino Chasers - Here Come the Rhino Chasers
• The Riptide Rats - The Eastwood EP
• The Rottingtons - Third Creek, Pts. 1 & 2
• The Scimitars - Damascus Steel b/w Bari Simone
• The Silhouettes - Fire of Love
• The Squadron Leaders - Carter vs. Carter
• The Surfers - Tiki & Time Machine
• The Surfers - Wipe Out & Tequila
• The Surfing Robbers - Tropicalia
• The Surfisticats - The Surfisticats Strut
• The Tricky Dicks - Political Enemies Project EP
• Tiki Bombs - It's a Tiki Halloween
• Tranes - Slalom
• The Tridents - Fiat Panda Escape Sequence
• Tsunamish - Amigos Adios!
• Tuareg - Crash
• ULTRATEEZY - The Invasion Begins!
• Waikiki Makaki - Lost Diver
• White Sands - Live Dirt & Reverb
• Wraang! - Bigote de Leche
• Zombrain - No Inferno Da Lucidez
• Волны Советов - ИА "​В​о​л​н​ы С​о​в​е​т​о​в​" и​с​п​о​л​н​я​е​т п​е​с​н​и В​И​А "​Г​р​а​ж​д​а​н​с​к​а​я О​б​о​р​о​н​а​"
• Волны Советов - М​а​г​н​и​т​н​ы​е п​о​л​я

Compilations

• Kaifuku
• Robert Johnson & the Punchdrunks - Solna, Texas (1992​-​2022)
• Triple Agent Records Vol. IV
• Triple Agent Records Vol. V
• Takeshi Terauchi - Eleki Bushi 1966-1974
• Surfin' The Great Lakes: Kay Bank Studio Surf Sides of the 1960s
• Surf You Next Tuesday 3
• Richard Hawley's Jukebox
• Surfoniani - Greatest Surf Hits
• Archipelago - The Best of The Madeira
• Trio Koko - Taruko
• Campeonato Mineiro de Surfe 2023
• Triple Agent Records Vol. VI
• Voodoo Surf Club - Dark Magic

Reissues

• The Tremolo Beer Gut - Under the Influence of
• Satan's Pilgrims - Soul Pilgrim
• Ghastly Ones - Target Draculon
• Frankie Stein & His Ghouls - Shock! Terror! Fear!
• Frankie Stein & His Ghouls - Ghoul Music

Upcoming

These are all announced, upcoming releases to expect in 2023.

• Operation Octopus - The Space Pheasant (?)
• Langhorns - ? (?)
• The Nebulas - ? (?)
• Draculina - ? (?)
• The Jagaloons - Forbidden Words
• The Frigidaires - Play it Cool