One would hope that to deem Surfbort an act who really need to be seen live would do nothing to diminish their recorded output. Captivating as largely a consequence of vocalist Dani Miller’s chaotic on-stage persona, there’s nothing from this third album from the New York outfit to suggest that’s likely to change. However, it’s in the less obvious moments – for an act renowned for their frenetic vintage-hued punk rock, at least – that Reality Star twinkles brightest.
‘Jessica’s Changed’ is the runaway winner of these. There’s a wonderful juxtaposition of an imagined ‘then’ and now: the ‘90s slacker rock-via-2010s lo-fi resurgence sound that’s instead clear, crisp and almost epic in its sonic scale; the titular Jessica – a mainstay, at least from…