SURF : AM (Deluxe Edition) Is The Energy Music Lovers Need Right Now

Between the updates around the state of the world and individual responses to each news headline, music is the art form that can take the mind away for a while! This is why SURF : AM (Deluxe Edition) is the balm to this difficult time South Africa is experience.

SURF : AM (Deluxe Edition) is a sonic journey through pop-rap, pseudo R&B, rap rap, and wraps up with electronic soundscapes. The only way to aptly describe this labor of love is to say that the project is robust. 

Knowing he wasn't ready to release his debut album didn't prevent Xenlaii from spending months in the studio working on new music. Wanting to maintain the momentum he got started when SURF : AM first dropped, he decided to extend the EP to include additional songs featuring SimmySimmyNya, Touchline, and Jumping Back Slash.

Xenlaii describes this experience as "a story of extreme highs and lows, like the tide dancing to the gravitational pull of the moon." He has described his sound as surf rap, grounding his talent in the feeling he gets from interacting with the ocean. On many occasions, Xenlaii has shared that the ocean is where he feels most connected to his bloodline, particularly those who have since passed from this life to the next. True to the track, "Ballito Prayer," Xenlaii says his musical experience with the SURF : AM story,  "reconnected me with my higher self at the warm ocean waters of Ballito, Durban." 

SURF : AM (Deluxe Edition) sports 11-tracks, sonic cues from traditional genres like pop, hip-hop, EDM, and R&B. With guest features galore, a well-curated track list, and Xenlaii's attention to detail, this EP is the listening experience music lovers will enjoy past their first listen.