Megapuss

{{Infobox album

| name = Surfing

| type = Studio

| artist = Megapuss

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| released = {{Start date|2008|10|7}}

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| genre = Experimental rock, indie folk

| length = {{Duration|m=47|s=57}}

| label = Vapor Records

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| misc = {{Singles

| name = Surfing

| type = studio

| single1 = Adam & Steve

| single1date = November 7, 2008{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWWLcAZpr_I |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/EWWLcAZpr_I |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Megapuss - "Adam and Steve"|last=vapor1460|date=7 November 2008|publisher=|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}

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Surfing is the only studio album by Megapuss. It was released digitally on September 16, 2008, and physically on October 7, 2008, on Vapor Records. Actor Aziz Ansari contributed to the song "Duck People Duck Man".{{cite web|url=http://www.thefader.com/2008/06/19/megapuss-revealed-or-i-believe-your-dick-skirt-is-caught-on-my-microphone|title=Megapuss Revealed or: I Believe Your Dick Skirt Is Caught on My Microphone|publisher=}}

The album cover, which depicts the band's two members, Devendra Banhart and Greg Rogove, fighting each other naked, proved controversial upon its release. Rebecca Nicholson wrote that it "takes nudity away from vulnerability, and even sexiness, and hands it right back to the likes of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, circa their sock-donning period. Yes, it's obnoxious, but that has to be better than soft-focus sincerity."{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2008/sep/30/nudity.album.covers.lizphair | title=Nudity's back | work=The Guardian | date=30 September 2008 | accessdate=13 May 2014 | author=Nicholson, Rebecca}} The booklet that comes with the album contains even more graphic nude images of Banhart and Rogove.{{cite web | url=http://pitchfork.com/news/33582-megapuss-lp-art-features-devendras-naughty-bits-nsfw/ | title=Megapuss LP Art Features Devendra's Naughty Bits (NSFW!) | work=Pitchfork Media | date=25 September 2008 | accessdate=13 May 2014 | author=Phillips, Amy}}

A single, "Adam & Steve" was released on November 7, 2008, along with a music video directed by [http://iloveamyjo.com Amy Jo Diaz]. Allison Stewart described the song and music video as, respectively, "a freak pop version of the Doors", and "entertaining as heck, like something the Monkees might have come up with after not showering for several weeks. And taking lots of drugs."{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/10/AR2008111002425.html | title=Singles File | newspaper=Washington Post | date=11 November 2008 | accessdate=13 May 2014 | author=Stewart, Allison}} The music video was also reviewed by Spin, in which it was described as "a sweetly endearing, jokingly homoerotic display the likes of which hasn't been seen since, well, the latest Judd Apatow movie."{{cite web | url=http://www.spin.com/blog/defense-tender-man-love/ | title=In Defense of Tender Man Love | work=Spin | date=10 November 2008 | accessdate=14 May 2014 | author=Everdell, Abigail}}

{{Album ratings

|MC=(66%)

|rev1=Allmusic

|rev1score={{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/surfing-mw0000798674 | title=Surfing Review | work=Allmusic | accessdate=13 May 2014 | author=Bush, John}}

|rev2=Pitchfork Media

|rev2score=(5.9/10)

|rev3=Robert Christgau

|rev3score={{rating-Christgau|cut}}{{cite web|url=http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=megapuss|title=Robert Christgau: CG: megapuss|publisher=}}

|rev4=The A.V. Club

|rev4score=(B)

|rev5=PopMatters

|rev5score={{rating|5|10}}{{cite web | url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/66251-megapuss-surfing/ | title=Megapuss: Surfing | work=PopMatters | date=30 November 2008 | accessdate=14 May 2014 | author=Fiander, Matthew}}

|rev6=The Harvard Crimson

|rev6score={{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web | url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2008/10/9/megapuss-megapuss-is-a-new-band/ | title=Megapuss | work=The Harvard Crimson | date=9 October 2008 | accessdate=14 May 2014 | author=Davis, Ruben L.}}

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The album was met with lukewarm reception after its release, with many critics dismissing it as an intentional joke.{{cite web | url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12409-surfing/ | title=Surfing Review | work=Pitchfork Media | date=7 November 2008 | accessdate=13 May 2014 | author=Gaerig, Andrew}} Still, the album did receive some positive reception, with Andy Battaglia writing it had a "sense of musical adventurousness more engrossing than any on Banhart albums in the past."{{cite web | url=http://www.avclub.com/review/megapuss-emsurfingem-6716 | title=Surfing | work=The A.V. Club | date=1 December 2008 | accessdate=13 May 2014 | author=Battaglia, Andy}} According to Metacritic, the album has a score of 66%, indicating "generally favorable reviews".{{cite web | url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/surfing/megapuss | title=Surfing | work=Metacritic | accessdate=13 May 2014}}

1. Crop Circle Jerk '94 4:30
2. Duck People Duck Man 3:25
3. To The Love Within 2:38
4. Adam & Steve 1:46
5. Theme From Hollywood 4:42
6. Surfing 5:02
7. Lavender Blimp 1:18
8. Mister Meat (Hot Rejection) 0:25
9. Hamman 3:46
10. A Gun on His Hip and a Rose on His Chest 3:09
11. Chicken Titz 3:56
12. Sayulita 7:07
13. Older Lives 3:27
14. Another Mother 2:46

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