“Surfer” delivers both an adrenaline jolt and a knowing wink at the traps of modern digital life. It’s clever, restless, and distinctly Last Hyena.
From their forthcoming EP, Suspect Your Elders (September 26), Last Hyena captures the paradox of the internet age through sound in “Surfer”. The track rides a wave of explosive riffs and sharp rhythmic shifts by balancing urgency with sly hook-driven guitar lines. It’s a song that feels both playful and unnerving by mirroring the distraction and distortion of time lost online.
Guitarist Josh Camacho-Clowes describes it as,
An analogy for our complex and often overwhelming relationship with social media and the internet in general.
The tension comes through in every turn of the music with tight grooves that unravel into jagged bursts and while melodies weave like tempting pathways that lead nowhere. Drummer Rory Mapes grounds this further by recalling how a simple Google surfing game consumed over an hour of his life.
I became so engrossed that I completely lost track of time and reality and played for well over an hour, as if I had been pulled into another world or dimension.
What makes “Surfer” so good isn’t just its concept but how convincingly Last Hyena builds that idea into their sound. Each section of the track feels like a new click, a new scroll, and a new distraction that threatens to spiral. But beneath the chaos is discipline with the trio’s math-rock precision ensuring that every detour eventually snaps back into focus.
“Surfer” delivers both an adrenaline jolt and a knowing wink at the traps of modern digital life. It’s clever, restless, and distinctly Last Hyena.
Catch Last Hyena live
- 3rd October 2025 – The Croft, Bristol (EP Launch Show)
- 14th November 2025 – Rough Trade, Bristol (Supporting Poly-Math)
