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Best surf artists of the 2020s

It opened with nobody able to tour, so records got finished in bedrooms and discovery moved to a feed. Drill turned up in every city with a postcode, and Afrobeats and Latin pop went mainstream worldwide without waiting to be translated.

Everyone who released a surf album in the 2020s, ordered by how Riffiter listeners rate their catalog.

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard№ 1King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard1 album here4.1Weighted score4.1 avg · 27 ratings
  1. 2Les SchtroumpfsLes Schtroumpfs1 album here
  2. 3Messer ChupsMesser Chups1 album here
  3. 4Louie ZongLouie Zong1 album here
  4. 5Pop LeviPop Levi1 album here
  5. 6The SurfrajettesThe Surfrajettes1 album here
  6. 7Jack NitzscheJack Nitzsche1 album here
  7. 8The BreakersThe Breakers8 albums here

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