Here's every instrumental surf record released in 2025 that I could find

A bunch of album covers with 2025 superimposed on it

Every year I try to keep track of all the surf releases I can find. It's always a very incomplete list -- some platforms are easier for discovery than others, some bands barely even advertise.

There are a few notes and rules:

I don't include single-song releases. It would just get impossible at that point.
It must have been released in 2025. If it was digitally released in 2024 but vinyl came out in 2025, I still call that a 2024 release. If there's more than a year gap, I'll call that a reissue.
This is not a list of recommendations. Inclusion on this list just means I found it and verified that it was surf music. It doesn't guarantee that I even listened to the whole thing.
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!
This is mostly bandcamp because that's where I discover music the most. Any digital platform (or no digital platform!) is valid.
Must be at least 50% instrumental.
I try to be generous, but my defintion of surf is ultimately my own.
Bolded stuff means I reviewed it on this site.

One extra bit of fun: I'm not a fan of Spotify, but Art from Agent Octopus has been combing through this list and making a spotify playlist!

LPs

As far as I know, there's no actual rule as to what makes a record a "Long-Player" but the definition that I go by is 8+ tracks or 30+ minutes long. And if the band calls it an EP, I go with them on that.

Singles/7"s/Mini-LPS

This is anywhere between 2 and 7 tracks. I don't add single-song releases to my list, that's just too much.

AI

This is the first time I've made this category. To many this might be seen as a blacklist, but some may be more open to it. Either way, I think knowing that they're machine-generated is important. I'll add that I'm putting anything that overtly uses AI in here, even if it's, say, surf guitar with an AI backing band. I don't know how I would denote that sort of thing, and I'd rather that not be up to me, especially when most people behind these won't disclose it themselves.

Reissues

This does not include physical releases delayed from the digital release.

Compilations

This includes single-artist compilations, greatest hits etc.

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