Two minutes. That\u2019s all SONS need to absolutely wreck you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Belgian rock quartet are back with Surfin\u2019<\/em>, a shot of pure adrenaline that captures the dizzy, slightly unhinged feeling of falling head-over-heels for someone \u2014 and then disappears before you\u2019ve even processed what hit you. It\u2019s chaotic. It\u2019s joyful. It\u2019s kind of perfect. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Fresh off a 12-date sold-out club tour behind their third album Hallo (out now via [PIAS] Recordings), the Melsele four-piece aren\u2019t slowing down for anyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The track itself? It opens with a serrated surf-guitar riff that snaps into a lean, muscular groove \u2014 elastic bass, dead-straight drums, zero fat. Then the chorus lands: \u201cBaby, we\u2019re surfin\u2019, so high now<\/em>\u201d \u2014 and honestly, yeah. You feel it. Sweet, slightly manic, and completely addictive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Just when you think it\u2019s going to burn itself out, an unexpected piano break slides in \u2014 glossy, a little strange, giving the whole thing a weird shimmer \u2014 before the final blown-out sprint to the finish line. It\u2019s an odd, brilliant little moment that keeps the song from being just another loud rock banger. There\u2019s craft in here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That craft is no accident. Dave McCracken \u2014 the man behind records for Depeche Mode, dEUS, and A$AP Rocky \u2014 is back in the producer\u2019s chair, and his fingerprints are all over the way this thing breathes. Tight but alive. Polished but rough around the edges in exactly the right places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SONS have been on an upward trajectory ever since they broke through via De Nieuwe Lichting on Studio Brussel back in 2018, and Hallo feels like the album where everything clicked into place. Surfin\u2019<\/em> is the logical next spike \u2014 proof that they\u2019re not just riding momentum, they\u2019re building something.
Surfin\u2019<\/em> doesn\u2019t linger. It hits, it lifts, it\u2019s gone \u2014 leaving a salt taste and the urge to hit repeat immediately.
Go on then. Listen again.
🎧 Listen to Surfin\u2019<\/em> HERE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n