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Surf Curse is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Current Joys and Vampire Weekend. Those roots explain a lot about how Surf Curse arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Vundabar, late night drive home, Mind’s Eye, The Rare Occasions and Yot Club, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into late night drive home, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Surf Curse, reaching back through Current Joys and forward to late night drive home. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Surf Curse is an American indie surf rock band formed in 2012 in Reno, Nevada, and now based in Los Angeles. The band was formed by Nick Rattigan and Jacob Rubeck (guitars), and now also includes Henry Dillon and Noah Kholl. The band achieved mainstream success after their song "Freaks", written in 2011 and released in 2013, became popular on the short-form video platform TikTok in 2020.
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Surf Curse connections
Surf Curse grew out of Current Joys and Vampire Weekend, shares an orbit with Vundabar, late night drive home, Mind’s Eye and The Rare Occasions, went on to shape late night drive home. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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