![]() (Surf Curse played Burger’s Beach Goth festival in 2016 but were not signed to the label. Their label Danger Collective announced that it would not continue working with the band. As many young fans came forward with allegations against bands in that scene, an anonymous social media account posted sexual misconduct claims against both members of Surf Curse. In August 2020, local indie label Burger Records dissolved amid multiple sexual assault and misconduct charges against acts in the SoCal punk scene. The left-field success of “Freaks” is a happy surprise for the band, but it also comes at a complicated moment for them. ![]() indie rock scene and the band had a dedicated following long before the TikTok moment, so we had a foundation to work from.” Fortunately, ‘Freaks’ was a sticky record in the L.A. “A lot of records that work on TikTok never escape the platform. “The biggest challenge is building a story outside of TikTok,” Schulz said. The song has since broken into Spotify’s Top 50. 17 on Billboard’s Hot Rock & Alternative songs) but also to Spotify’s key Pop Rising playlist. Atlantic rereleased the single in May and is promoting it to rock radio (it hit No. Of course, no one has been able to see Surf Curse live while the pandemic shut down venues (and fans might have to wait a little longer - a fully vaccinated Rattigan says he’s currently at home recovering from COVID-19). “That energy is consistent across the band’s catalog, and once you watch videos of the band performing live, you realize it translates even better in real life.” “When I heard ‘Freaks’ for the first time, the thing that stood out to me was how exhilarating the song is,” said Schulz. Like The Neighbourhood’s “ Sweater Weather” (another 2013 rock song given a second wind on TikTok recently), “Freaks” is both a nostalgic artifact from a more carefree time and a fresh sound in streaming’s perpetual present Freaks - Surf Curse “Obviously, we didn’t expect it to be a global phenomenon on an app 10 years later, but that’s just how things are discovered now.”Īdam Schulz, the band’s A&R rep at Atlantic, knows TikTok fame is the currency for pop breakouts today. “We had to grind our teeth struggling this long, hoping that if we just kept working, there was some cosmic energy that rewards you when you’re not looking,” Rattigan said. Why did the near decade-old “Freaks” take off now? Who knows. Surf Curse (and Rattigan’s other project, the Secretly Canadian-signed Current Joys) had a solid if still-underground career, releasing three albums, including 2019’s “Heaven Surrounds You.” Surf Curse, which formed in Reno before moving to L.A., was part of a boomlet of bands born in the wake of Best Coast and Wavves that played catchy, melancholy punk songs about feeling lost and lonely in the SoCal sun. all-ages club the Smell in the 2010s, you probably heard “Freaks,” or a whole bunch of songs more or less in line with it. If you were knocking around the downtown L.A. Twitter can’t agree on whether Bruce Springsteen sings ‘waves’ or ‘sways’ on his 1975 classic, ‘Thunder Road.’ Turns out, Springsteen isn’t sure either. ![]() ![]() Music ‘The screen door slams, Mary’s dress.’ waves? Sways? An investigation into the Boss’ mystery verb ![]()
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