On July 28th this year, beloved Italian surf group The Bradipos IV made an alarming post on Facebook.

In 2024 I wrote an article about a trend of AI generated surf music that I had been finding on bandcamp. It resonated with a lot of people inside and even outside the surf community. Since then AI has grown from emerging technology we'll likely only see more of to an omnipresent chaotic disruptor that weasels its way into relevance on a daily basis. But specific to surf music, things have changed. I'm happy to say that the surf community seems a lot more aware, and are shouting down AI when posted in social media surf groups.

I have a compulsion to check for new surf music on bandcamp using their tag system. It's how I find a lion's share of what I play and review on my show and website, and I monitor it closely enough that I sometimes have bands send me promo codes only to find that I've already bought their music before they got the chance.

In April I found a record by God of Surf. It's a presumptuous name, but I have to admit the music did feel ambitious and interesting.