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Nick Rattigan and Jacob Rubeck knew something weird was afoot with their band Surf Curse when they saw a TikTok video about “Scooby-Doo’s” alleged polyamory subtext, soundtracked by their 2013 single “Freaks.”
“We have a group chat with our manager, and she kept saying, ‘Oh my God, ‘Freaks’ is getting all these plays.’ But to be honest, we were kind of numb to it,” drummer and singer Rattigan said.
Before this spring, the L.A. duo had zero reason to think that their old garage-punk song, off their independent album “Buds,” was going to be the breakout online rock hit of summer 2021.
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Bastille’s “Distorted Light Beam” received a warm welcome at alternative radio, ranking as this week’s most added song.
The single won support from 35 Mediabase-monitored alternative stations.
Each picked up by 8 stations, twenty one pilots’ “Saturday” and WILLOW’s “t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l (featuring Travis Barker)” tie for second. Gang of Youths’ “the angel of 8th ave” follows in fourth place, and Milky Chance’s “Colorado” takes fifth with 6 pickups.
This week’s other notable alternative radio options: Lorde’s “Solar Power” (5 adds, 6th-most), Foo Fighters’ “Making A Fire” (4 adds, 7th-most, tie), Cold War Kids’ “What You Say” (4 adds, 7th-most, tie), Tai Verdes’ “A-O-K” (4 adds, 7th-most, tie), Dreamers’ “Palm Reader (featuring Big Boi & UPSAHL)” (3 adds, 10th-most, tie), Grabbitz’s “Pigs In The Sky” (3 adds, 10th-most, tie), I Don’t Know How But They
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