Surfaces is an American music group based out of College Station, Texas. It currently consists of vocalists/guitarists Forrest Frank and Colin Padalecki. Their music can be described as a blend of jazz, soul, pop, reggae, and calypso. They have released three studio albums. Their first independent studio album, Surf, was released in 2017.
History
Surfaces was formed in 2017. Colin Padalecki began creating music in high school with his cousin, singer Alexa Padalecki. Colin began to upload his music online while attending Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.[1] Forrest Frank, from Seattle, reached out to Colin after hearing his music and invited him to record music at his house boat. They released their first album together under the moniker Surfaces in December 2017, entitled Surf.[2] The album's third soundtrack, '24 / 7 / 365' has over 30 million streams on Spotify.[3]
After the release of Surf, Forrest Frank had released a project with producer Biskwiq under the alias Forrest. in July 2018. Notable tracks from the project include "Your Soul" and "Why Not Me" which have each amassed over 20 million combined streams on Spotify.
The band released their second album Where the Light Is under the labels Caroline Records and TenThousand Projects in January 2019. The seventh track from the album, "Sunday Best", has become a top 40 hit in Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as the top 100 in Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland. The song has collected over 270 million streams on Spotify as of May 2020 and was believed to have gained its popularity from the social media video-sharing platform TikTok. It was released to radio in March 2020.[4] A music video for the track was released on YouTube on July 11, 2019.
Their third album Horizons was released on February 28, 2020.
The music duo has released numerous singles as well, including "Keep It Gold", "Good Day", "Take Some Time", "Bloom", and "Lazy", all of which were included as tracks in their 2020 album Horizons. They also released an independent single, "Palm Trees", in 2019 which was not featured in any album. Other singles include "Be Alright" and "Falling" which were both released in 2017. The single "Low" was released in 2018.[5]
Television appearances
Surfaces made their debut on late-night television on March 2, 2020, performing 'Sunday Best' on Late Night with Seth Meyers.[7]
