Surf City: We Knew It Was Not Going To Be Like This

Surf City

We Knew It Was Not Going To Be Like This

Fire Records

I liked the first Surf City album and the earlier EP, because for all the obvious Velvet Underground/Sonic Youth-type influences it felt like the band had - or was arriving at - its own sound.

So it’s a bit of a disappointment to hear the new record not just reeking of the planned dreariness th…