Storm Surge of Reverb

Yeah yeah, 2020 was a bad year for the world. And of course, surf bands couldn't play shows, festivals were cancelled. However, it was hardly a dormant year for the surf listener! While many bands suffered from inability to meet and collaborate, plenty of others thrived from the extra time. As a result, this list is actually bigger than last year's!

A few ground rules for this list:

1. This is just a list. No judgement. Stay tuned for the Gremmy Awards for that.
2. I defined an EP as less than 8 songs or under 25 minutes.
3. No single song releases. At that point it gets impossible to track. That said, there were some great single releases this year.
4. Release has to be at least 50% instrumental.
5. If I didn't provide a link, it's because I couldn't find one. Help me out!

Big thanks as always to Uwe, Kevin and Leopoldo for finding a few missing entries. By all means feel free to point out others in the comments.

LPs

• ¡Yo Vendo Ritmo! - s/t
• Aloha Screwdriver - The Lost Recipe
• Amphibian Man - Isolation Songs
• Apollo 14 - Apollo 14
• Ayyuka - Maslak Halayı
• Ben Rogers' Instrumental Asylum - In Search of Lasseter's Riff
• Beware the Dangers of a Ghost Scorpion! - s/t
• Big Kahuna Burger - s/t
• Bongho Krappul - JAO SAN
• Cactus Deuce - 100% Aerosol Free
• Captain Rico and the Ghost Band - The Forgotten Memory of the Beaches
• Chairmen of the Boards - Surfin' the Apocalypse
• Claudi Martinez - Monster Camp OST
• Chrome Castle - s/t
• David Kaplan - Cal Neva
• del-Toros - Live in Hollywood
• Diesel Marine - Staycation
• Dr. Tritón - Suite Poseidón
• Echo Sector - ...From the 12th Planet
• Electric Illusionist - Kill Your Surf?
• El Ray - Transitions
• Eugene & the Sampletones - Eviction
• Eugene & the Sampletones - GENEBEAT
• Everglades Rhythm - Brookside Road Vol. 2
• Exotico Paradisio - Jungle Feast
• Funny Bunny - Terror At Cape Canaveral High! Original Soundtrack Album
• futureVolt - the futureVolt is NOW!
• Genki Genki Panic - Kahuna Mutato
• Gitkin - Safe Passage
• Guns of Utopia - Labradoodle
• Herr Nielsson und seine Kapelle - Bermuda
• Hershel Yatovitz - Narrabeen
• House of Man - It Came from the Basement
• I Fat Tones - Quarantones
• Jason Janik - Summer Begins
• Jay Poison and the Bat People - Terror of the Bat People
• Keith Calmes - Surf Guitar Classics
• King of Hawaii - Road Trip
• Les Robots - Project World Control
• Lewis Bailey - The Instrumental Stylings Of
• Los Atarrayas - Premiere Vague
• Los Misterios - Planeta Misterio
• Los Pecadores - Tough Love
• Los Reverb - Ondas Solitónicas
• Los Straitjackets - Live at Yep Roc 15
• Los Surfistas Muertos - Psycho Surf From Hell
• Los Ultraman - El Disco del Helado
• Los Yakets - Jungla de Concreto
• Mandelbajo - Salvaje Rock N' Roll
• Mark Malibu & the Wasagas - Dance Party A' Go Go
• Martin Månsson Sjöstrand Trio - Universum Faller
• Matt Monsoon and the Riff Ryders - Ridin' the Riff
• Men in Grey Suits - Village Eater
• Mercedes Culebra - Portugal
• Messer Chups - Dont' Say Cheese
• The Milk Lizards - Warm
• Mr. Galaxy - Mr. Galaxy
• North Melbourne Surf Club - s/t
• Os Aquamans - II
• Os Gatunos - Swing Manifesto!
• OUTRONAUT - Kill the Light
• Pelomono - Gibraltar
• Punta Espora - Tierra del Fuego
• Retrofoguetes - Enigmascope: Temas Executados pelos Retrofoguetes ao Vivo no Teatro Vila Velha
• Rev Hank - El Camino de los Muertos
• Rifamos - Rifamos
• Rog Trash - Surf Album 2019
• Secret Agent Men - s/t
• Serratico - Serratico
• Sheverb - Once Upon a Time in Bombay Beach
• Sinister Twist - Someone From the Past
• Sirfjsh - Subacquea
• Sleepy Heads - Sleepy Heads
• Sparkling Duets - Cocktail
• Steinar Karlsen - Venus
• Terremotor - Veneno de Cana
• Terry "Buffalo" Ware - Isolation Reverberation
• The Almighty Devildogs - Live Cuts
• The Apaches - Rancho Deluxe
• The Aqua Barons - Extreme Guitar Conditions
• The Baikal Surfers - Olhonsky Waves
• The Bali Lamas - High Times/Low Tides
• The Belharras - Pelee
• The Bluebottles - Poolside with
• The Boo Tikis - Electric Desert
• The Bowling Allies - 10 Pin Hits
• The Breakers - Voodoo Treatment
• The Coffin Daggers - Eleki Album
• The Cranzers - Amber Beach
• The Cruncher - Analog
• The Don Kings - Delinquent Mayhem
• The Earthlings - Unite!
• The Evanstones - 1961
• The Ghiblis - Domino
• The Good Boys - Good Boys II
• The Grande Bois - Grande FInale
• The Grunions - Star Fish Prime
• The Hominoids - Monster of the Mekong
• The Incredible Sucking Sponges - s/t
• The Insanitizers - Space Force
• The Isotopes - Duck and Cover
• The Jagaloons - Knock You Up!
• The Kaputniks - Counterintelligent
• The Manueles - The Manueles
• The Noones - Noones Instrumentals
• The Razorblades - Howlin' at the Copycats!
• The Reefriders - Reverb Island
• The Reverbivores - Watch TV
• The Shubie Brothers - Casual
• The Sonoran Surfers - Desert Sounds
• The Space Agency - The Celestial Sounds of the Space Agency
• The Spiratones - Sunworshipper
• The Supertones - Made in Japan
• The Supraphonics - Play the Ventures
• The Terrorsaurs - Swamp Beat
• The Tiki Creeps - More "Live" than dead!
• The Tourmaliners - Surfin' Christmas Carols
• The Young Barons - Hella California
• The Zombrain - Surfin' a Bauru River
• the_birdcage - Wave Machine
• Terremotor - Veneno de Cana
• Thee Space Needles - Lucky Jinx
• Thee Windom Earles - Mai Tai Pink Eye - The Instrumentals
• Toxic Riders - Turbo Suf
• Tubes of Doom - Coastal Erosion
• Vern Jules & the Aquanauts - Thornbury Thump
• Vertigogo - Jetpack
• Vertigogo - We're a F*cking Surf Band!
• Wave Tables - Natives
• White Cactus - High Tide at Meat Cove
• WJLP - Queen of the Jungle
• Zvezda - Transmissions From the Planet Zvezda

EPs

• Adios Beaches - s/t
• Amphibian Man - Brat
• Angostura - Stupor Fuzz
• Aqualads - Castaway
• Arthur Andersen - Psycho Serf
• Asphalt Eaters - Sir, This License is Expired
• Atom X - Horizon
• Atomicos - Left Coast / Clambake
• Bad Water - Martians EP
• Balu & Die Surfgrammeln - Pepe, A Tale Of Love And Passion
• Beach Combers - Na Sala
• Beach Moonsters - Surfin with the Bird Dragon (From Venus)
• Beware of Blast - Outer Space
• Billy Don't Surf - s/t
• Bongho Krappul - BOLA
• Boss Cuts - Psycho Nite A-Go-Go
• Chris Bourbon & the Dagger - Melodramatic Void
• Cop Shop - s/t
• Crown Cobra - Demo
• Danger!! Death Ray - Invasion
• Dead Kampers - Savage
• Déviles Visuales - Persecución
• Didi Wray - New Tango
• Don & The Quixotes - Flowers on the Wall / Miguel Verdad
• Don José Liquidadores - Yo Soy Gallo Dondequiera
• Draculina - Strip Trip to Miracle Cove
• DUNES - VOID
• Dynowaves - Big Sun
• Epileptoids - s/t
• Fablous JOHNK WRAY - Twang Me
• Fever Drive - Ice Age Boys / Elvis Fight Club
• Flower Smellers - Flower Smellers 1-2
• Genki Genki Panic / Lazer Gun Saloon - Songs About Spooking
• Girl Over Planet - In Search of Cosmic Oceans
• Hannah and her Hobgoblins - Creature Double Feature
• Hattori Hanzo Surf Experience - B​.​S​.​O. "El Verdugo de Red Rock" 1969
• Hawaiian Roller-Coaster - Live from the Riff Haus
• Hitchcocks - Spaceman Go Trip
• Horse Rock - Pony M
• Hughie Landshark and the Sandblasters - Hughie Landshark and the Sandblasters
• Hughie Landshark and the Sandblasters - Surftificate of Brahthenticity
• Humanga Danga - Shady/Girls
• Icho-Bons - Black Dice Demos
• If Mars Had Waves - EP Two
• If Mars Had Waves - Veggie Surfer b/w Springtime Stroll
• Indy Tumbita - Navidades on Fire
• Jaffa de Luxe - A Damp Squib
• Jason Janik - Merry Christmas
• Jet Jaguars - Death Chase
• Kailio - Electric Sandcastles
• Kay Firlito & the Sun-dried Surf Band - Beach Jerky
• King Ghidora - Ruins Christmas
• King Pelican - East Meets West
• Kreeps - Tiki Surf Witches Want Blood OST
• Labirinitie - O Primeiro EP de Surf da Labirintite
• Lazer Gun Saloon - Lost in Audio
• Lazer Gun Saloon - Terrestrial Planet
• Lazer Gun Saloon - The Preacher & the Guillotine
• Les Atlantiques - Jungle Recordings
• Les Robots - The Sound of the Middle East
• Los Atascados - Destino Vedette
• Los Banditos - AdventsKüsse
• Los Frenéticos - Macumba
• Los Incendiarios - Pelopincho
• Los Mosquitos - Demo
• Los Pinche Pinches - Best Album I Ever Heard *****
• Los Pingüinos - Super Secret Surfer Spy
• Los Straitjackets - Beatles vs. Stones
• Los Surfer Compadres - Happy Birthday To You
• Los Surfer Compadres - Quarantine EP
• Lost Culture - Coronacation
• Lunatico Sr. Yamaguchi - s/t
• Magla Waves - CRABS
• Magnatech - Lana del Rey
• Magnatech - Learn How to Surf (in 35 easy steps)
• Magnatech - Mr. Magnatech is not afraid of you!
• Mandelbajo - Campesino del Infierno
• Mariachi Death Squad - Surf 'N' Perth
• Matt Jennings - Tropical Tundra Vol. 1
• Mercedes Culebra - Jotas
• Messer Chups - New Wave or Surf Wave
• Mission on Mars - s/t
• MoonDog - Vol. 1
• Moussaka - Bil Bil
• Neptune Trojans - Three for Launch
• Neptune Trojans - Happiness Comes in Waves
• Night Zoo - Beach Bully: Live August 11th 2019 @ The Footlight (Queens, NYC)
• Night Zoo - Night Zoo vs. the Cast Iron Mummy
• Nishioka Diddley - Ride on Tatami Boards
• No Springs - 4-Track Attack!
• No Springs - Surfin' the Black Lagoon
• Nuclear Juarez - Broken Ships and Sunken Dreams
• Nuclear Juarez - Nova on the Prowl
• Operazione Dyn-o-Mite - Circle of Wagons
• Os Cavaleiros Temporários - Live at Camelot
• Os Cavaleiros Temporários - Sobrenatural
• Os Pampa Haoles - s/t
• Pamela & the Andersons - The Pamelas
• Paqueta - Chumbar um blaze
• Par Avion/Perro Agradecido - Perro Avion
• Patrick Storedahl - Garage Sessions Vol. 6 - Dude
• Peopleperson - Coochie!
• Peopleperson - Woah!
• Potbelly MacKraken - Surf 'n' Ska
• Radiation Ocean - White Coat EP
• Raincity Ghouls - Curb Shark
• Rev Hank - Space Hop & Knife Fight
• Rey Kobra - Baladas Negras
• Robotron - Go! songs
• Sallas Orchestra - Nostalgia do Futuro
• Shoot the PIer - Lost Souls on Lost Beach
• Steve Basham - You Got Surfed!
• Surf Sabbath - Symptom of the Universe/Wicked World
• Surfnado Tiki Squad - Tiki Fingers
• Sys Malakian - Kingdom of Madness
• Tanque Rudy - Inadaptados presenta Tanque Rudy En Vivo
• Terreur Twist - Pre Prod 03.2020
• Tex Twil - Hi Desert Hi Vol. 1
• The Air Cats Band - Black Cuttlefish
• The Almighty Devildogs - Abducted! The Music of Man or Astro​-​Man?
• The Almighty Devildogs - Maldito
• The Almighty Devildogs - The Hound Dogs Uprising
• The Bananaquits - Karlsson's Final Rumble
• The Breakers - A Date with Destiny
• The Bucannans - Tsunami
• The Bumblebats - Standing in the Shadows of Moncton
• The Creature Preachers - Halloween Hullabaloo
• The Creature Preachers - Horror Hymns Vol 1
• The Creature Preachers - Krampus Single
• The Crypt Kicker 3 - Drown in Tone
• The Dracula Factory - The Dracula Factory... Stomp
• The Electric Heaters - Coronacation / Copley Soul
• The Green Reflectors - Holy Guacamole!!!
• The Green Reflectors - Vol.3
• The Hi-Tide Orchestra - Lockdown b/w Six Foot Rule
• The Hidden Reefs - Mystery Lights
• The Honeybrains - October Waltz/Slim
• The Hula Girls - s/t
• The Isotopes - To You, From the Isotopes
• The JBK Band - Thunderbird
• The JetScreams - The JetScreams Escape!
• The Kaputniks - A Brief History of the Cold War, Vol. 1
• The Kaputniks - Daytrip to Saturn
• The Kaputniks - Let's Build a Rocket!
• The Manakooras - EP
• The Me Gustas - Armada
• The Men in Gray Suits - Shark Bait
• The MIghty Minnows - Monster Jam
• The Necronautics - Scattered Peace
• The Ouija Chords - Catacomber
• The Patukatus - s/t
• The Phantom Four - Yarana/Marula
• The Raulis - Raulis apresenta o surfcumbia
• The Rough Shapes - Lost Stations
• The Screaming Seagulls - Beyond the Claw
• The Seatopians - Off the 50th Parallel
• The Seatopians - Up From the Depths
• The Silhouettes - Savage Country
• The Sloptones - Z-Sploitation
• The Sonoran Surfers - Jumping Cholla
• The Surf Kings - Blue Pacific
• The Surf Mist - 13th Wave
• The Surf Serpents - Mutant Sharks
• The Surf Serpents - Surfari
• The Surf Serpents - The Surf Serpents
• The Surf Serpents - Vampiress
• The Surfin' Surfers - Still Surfin'
• The Surfle Jerks - The Surfle Jerks Live: Vol. 1 - Everything Right (but a few notes)
• The Surfle Jerks - The Surfle Jerks Live: Vol. 2 - It Came from the Internet
• The Surfrajettes - Hale'iwa Hustle b/w Banzai Pipeline
• The Tempunauts - Electric Dreams
• The Terrorsurfs / Surf Aliens - Terroralien
• The Van Brains - s/t
• The Vibrajets - Gold Foil Fever
• The Volcanics - Freakout
• The Volcanics - Christmas Wassailing
• The Vulcanos - The Lost Suessions
• The Wave Chargers - Christmas with The Wave Chargers
• Thee Imperial Royales - Spooky
• Theeee Gondola - Pirate Wray
• Tidal Wave - Endless Summer
• TIKIYAKI minus orchestra - Sketches with Guitar and Bongos
• Toro Jones - II
• Trabants - Lockdown
• Tranes - Traveling Incognito
• Tsunamish - Supersecreto
• Twenty Euro for Love - Unsurfing Bastards
• Underwater Bosses - The Legness Monster / Grabbed by the Ghoulies
• Urban Surf Kigns - 11 Strings at Xmas
• Urban Surf Kings - USK 2020
• Vamprie Squids from Hell - Bitchcoin/Carrots
• Vern Jules & The Aquanauts - Spyforce EP
• Vern Jules & the Aquanauts - The Devils Tail
• Voodoo Surf Tribe - The Grizzly EP
• Wave Electric - Surfin' Naviglio
• We Surf at Night - s/t
• Wiped Out - Waves of Panic

Compilations

• Chicago Surf Rally
• Primeiro Campeonato Mineiro de Surfe - 20 anos
• Messer Chups - Lost Tracks
• Waves of Care
• Surf Britannia 2
• Surf Music Contra o Fascismo
• Mark Malibu presents: Surfin' Kitty X-Mas
• Halloween Beach Party
• Retro Gaming Split
• Ultimate Summer Hits 2020
• Creature's Surfin' Shindig
• More Long-Lost Honker & Twangers
• Secret Agent - Pair of Aces