Surfbort today has shared their new single "Jessica's Changed," the latest track from their new LP Reality Star, due out March 6th via TODO Records. The swaying, anthemic track is accompanied by a Pooneh Ghana directed video. "This song is my way of romanticizing the chaos of a world that’s lost its mind," frontwoman Dani Miller says. "The airways constantly blasting doom, corrupt politics, is there any room to live life? The song is also inspired by the nostalgia of running around New York at 19–that bittersweet mix of confusion and wonder, when everything was changing faster than I could keep up. Maybe I’m the one who’s gone mad? If so, I’ll say fuck it, lock my bedroom door, light a ciggy, and dance in the mirror like I’m the most beautiful thing alive, even when the world says otherwise. Oh and yeah, I actually dated the ghost of Kurt Cobain when I was 25. Had I gone mad? Yes! But was it because I failed with love, was lonely ,and thought it would be better to be taken by a ghost instead of a human? Also yes."
Reality Star is the band’s first album since 2021’s Keep On Truckin, and will be their debut release on new label TODO Records. The LP channels the spirit of punk through every possible lens, from the frenetic energy of Black Flag and Dead Kennedys to the playful eccentricity of the B-52s and the grungy vulnerability of Nirvana. The album pulses with the electricity of Surfbort’s legendary live shows, loud, unrestrained, and joyfully rebellious. The album oozes fun and listeners are left with a feeling of youthful resilience.
The band's third album strikes the perfect balance between life’s harsh realities and the delusional dream we all chase to make existence a little more bearable. It’s a record that celebrates contradiction, raw yet dreamy, chaotic yet deeply alive.
Dani Miller’s vocals are a force of nature: dynamic, unfiltered, and fiercely human. She moves effortlessly from brash, low-frequency punk poetry to airy, melodic pop-punk interludes, all tied together by that iconic Dani twang that’s instantly recognizable. The result is a sound that feels both modern and nostalgic, a reminder of when we had to romanticize our chaos just to keep going.
At its core, Reality Star is about finding light in the madness. It’s a rallying cry to laugh through the pain, to be a rebel in a world that keeps trying to bring you down, and to have a good time doing it. With pounding energetic drums, raucous guitars, and a contagious sense of unity from all the, Surfbort once again proves why no crowd is more alive than theirs, and Reality Star will only fan the flames higher.
The album was recorded by Adam Laidlaw, Riff Cuéllar, and Luis Flores Mixed by Adam Laidlaw and mastered by Riff Cuéllar atTthe Boat in Los Angeles 2025.
"Jessica's Changed" by Surfbort is out today via TODO Records. | 
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