B-Side Guys

Some musical fusions arrive through careful calibration. Others emerge from gleeful recklessness. WebSurfAndMe’s March 2025 debut single “Everyone” plants its flag firmly in the latter category, delivering a sonic experiment that transforms potential incompatibility into unexpected cohesion.

The 23-year-old Sydney artist’s self-described journey from band member to Jersey club remix obsessive to genre-blending solo act provides perfect context for this ambitious debut. What makes “Everyone” particularly intriguing is how it embraces contradiction rather than attempting to smooth it away. The “layered epic guitars” of shoegaze crash directly into trap/Jersey production elements without polite introduction, creating deliberate friction that generates the track’s distinctive energy.

This collision serves the song’s thematic exploration of recognizing “important people from your past in others.” Just as these human archetypes reappear throughout life in different forms, musical elements from disparate genres find themselves occupying shared space, their interaction changing with each encounter. The production creates perfect sonic parallel to this conceptual framework, with familiar components appearing in unfamiliar contexts.

Most compelling is WebSurfAndMe’s willingness to embrace potential chaos. When he describes his sound as “loud, a little chaotic, and hopefully not terrible,” this self-deprecating assessment masks genuine artistic courage. The Leichhardt native deliberately positions himself at the intersection of seemingly incompatible influences, risking incoherence to discover genuine innovation. This approach honors both the wall-of-sound tradition of shoegaze and the rhythmic experimentation of electronic genres without being beholden to either’s conventions.

What prevents the track from becoming merely technical exercise is the emotional undercurrent that flows beneath the digital manipulations and distorted guitars. This emotional grounding transforms what could be chaotic juxtaposition into complementary contrast, giving “Everyone” an unexpected human quality despite its electronic and heavily processed elements.

For a debut single described by its creator as “all a bit of a mess,” “Everyone” demonstrates remarkable intentionality beneath its experimental surface. The production maintains consistent identity despite its diverse elements, suggesting that WebSurfAndMe’s seemingly haphazard approach conceals careful consideration of how these disparate sounds interact.

As introduction to a new voice in Sydney’s alternative music scene, “Everyone” succeeds precisely because it refuses safe categorization. By embracing the specific tension between his band background and electronic production fascinations, WebSurfAndMe establishes distinctive artistic identity not despite his contradictory influences but because of them.