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Jason Janik - Summer Begins

Summer Begins is a tight package of 9 lighthearted trad surf originals with a sunny beach attitude. From as best I can tell this is his first surf record, but that's not evident from a listen as he switches deftly from guitar tone change to the next, always sounding good. All of these are fun and center around strong, memorable riffs.

While beach party stompers like "Summer Begins" and "Nonstop" are the meat of the album, there's a great venturing into exotica on "Bewitched", and it wraps up with a nice Sleepwalkin' closer, plainly named "Surf Ballad".

From: 07/03/2020 - 08:03

Tags: Jason Janik, bandcamp, release, Georgia

The Space Agency - The Celestial Sounds of The Space Agency

Though they've been dropping a few nice singles here and there, it's been 15 years since we've had an LP from the Space Agency, and they remain as special as ever. Somewhere underneath layers of fuzz and pedals is a pretty trad surf group with great dead-simple melodies that honestly could sound more 1962 than many groups if they felt like it. Give a listen to the least dressed song on this record "Alpaca Boogie" to catch a glimpse.

From: 07/02/2020 - 21:50

Tags: The Space Agency, UK, release, vinyl, bandcamp

Retro Gaming Split

In the past few years surf has finally being sneaking in nods to another nostalgic form of instrumentals: video game themes.

From: 07/02/2020 - 21:24

Tags: The Mullet Monster Mafia, Arno De Cea & the Clockwork Wizards, Los Pecadores, Superinvaders, Productions Impossible, calico records, release, vinyl

The Surfin' Surfers - Still Surfin'

In a genre where originality is admittedly optional, The Surfin' Surfers almost embrace that low bar with their name, 3-color artwork, and the lack of original songs. However, I still quite enjoyed their debut "Surfers' Surf' and even bought the 7".

From: 07/02/2020 - 20:51

Tags: The Surfin' Surfers, Ireland, bandcamp, release