Alice Magazine NYC - Chapter 3

SURF
Surfbort are a blessing for music right now. They’re anti surf-pop and pro-choice;
hence the name. “Two creepy old dudes and two young chicks.”I meet with Dani and
Sean. She’s in a bra and prairie skirt with her dog Grizzly. He’s in grills and green
inked up arms. They invite me to a tattoo party at theirs. She’s a filmmaker, he’s a
painter, his work further embellishing their charming, magpie basement apartment.
They claim to be hoarders, but the wild paraphernalia echoes their sound and image
perfectly, and reflects the special world they’ve so naturally created for themselves.
This band are beyond authentic. They don’t think they just do, whatever the fuck feels
right, and honest. They want to wake people up to think about shit, whilst dancing,
letting go and enjoying being alive. They’re unassuming but driven, frustrated, but
grateful. Their music is chaos with grace, abandoned and intelligent. I’m inspired
watching Dani perform. It’s freedom, makes me feel something important. I admire
her willingness and desire to express. It’s for people, for friends, a shared exorcism of
energy. Which imbues it with a glorious innocence and unaffected magic. As their
fierce rock n roll, comes essentially, from the heart.
BORT
Photographed by CORY INGRAM
Interviewed by LOLA YOUNG