When I moved back to the West Coast in 2008, SURRENDER were the coolest band in the Bay Area. Maybe they weren't the best, but they were definitely the coolest. Singer played blindfolded, freak guitars rooted in early UK outsider punk while dual vocals belted pleas and missives that instantly inspired comparisons to CHUMBAWUMBA and the weird fringes of Crass Records fodder. The songs were sparse and jerky, driven by addictive and repetitive bass lines and interrupted by power punk chords before the guitar faded off and returned to off kilter blurts. They looked serious...they were serious. SURRENDER were fukkn cool, man.
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