Concrete Surfers ride the wave of fuzzy garage punk on brilliant self-titled full-length album
Photo credit - KELSEY DOYLE
Magandjin/Brisbane’s Concrete Surfers have been carving their name into the Australian musical landscape over the past decade, touring the country countless times, supporting major artists, playing highlighted festivals, and now, they have finally released their first ever full-length self-titled album.
The band have consistently refined their repertoire into a sound that has become unmistakably their own, and over two years in the making, have poured all that into this full-length release, having been meticulously writing and producing what has become a landmark project for the group.
The album is a culmination of everything that makes Concrete Surfers so loved around the world. It’s full of punchy lyrics, driving guitars and the bands’ signature sound of raw garage punk rock.
“This album represents the most honest version of our band so far. Everything that we have done in the last 10 years as a band has led us to this point, and I don’t think any of us could be prouder of the songs that got us here.”
On their debut full-length self-titled release, Concrete Surfers push well beyond the indie-surf tones that have become so familiar across Australian airwaves, instead offering up something meatier, grittier, and absolutely pumped full of raw energy. There are underlying grungier soundscapes at work, while even the garage punk tag feels like it undersells this four-piece. Yes, there’s plenty of fuzz, swing, and minimalism, but when it all comes together, Concrete Surfers make one hell of a racket. The album carries echoes of Children Collide in their earlier moments, with standout tracks ‘Idiot’, previous single ‘Fallout’, and ‘Personal Hell’, while the album’s more vulnerable cut, ‘Go Ahead’, is neatly sandwiched between them. It’s one hell of a debut full-length, and a strong introduction to a band more than comfortable leading the charge for a new breed of ragged, rough-edged Australian rock.
Recorded with Colby Robertson (triple j) in 2025, the band left the city to spend time away at Airlock Studios and on a farm at Swanpond Studios creating what became their debut LP. Isolation from the city forged ideas that became some of the bands' most refined pieces of work to date.
“This is the music that we want to listen to as well as play on stages and that translates through the no nonsense recording/writing process too. Every song was recorded how it was played in the room together to really make sure that the songs were going to hit the same way on the stage as they do on speakers. These songs are about the human experience and therefore are for everybody.”
Concrete Surfers are notably one of Australia’s hardest working acts around, having been one of the only bands in the country that managed to tour throughout COVID Lockdowns finding loopholes in laws and earning themselves Triple J J-Award nominations for their creativeness.
After supporting artists like Royal Blood, Spacey Jane, Dune Rats, WAVVES (to name a few), and counting up over 4 million Spotify streams, the band is no stranger to releasing and playing their music which has been widely received over the past decade.
The release of their debut album comes with a national tour throughout August, hitting Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Wollongong, Newcastle, Byron Bay & Brisbane.
The self-titled full-length album from Concrete Surfers is out now on all streaming platforms.
Catch CONCRETE SURFERS on tour this August:
August 13 . Adelaide . The Ed Castle
August 14 . Melbourne . Leadbeater Hotel
August 21 . Sydney . Botany View Hotel
August 22 . Wollongong . Dicey Riley’s Hotel
August 23 . Newcastle . Kings Street
August 27 . Byron Bay . The Northern
August 28 . Brisbane . Black Bear Lodge
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