Remember when rock music was the soundtrack for surfing? Not sure what happened between the Momentum days and the Modern Collecive, but something went awfully wrong. The team O'Neill action here is set to "Light the Fuse" by Antagonist. There's three chords, a hint of angst, harmonizing, and a breakdown. A melodic hardcore song on a surf clip, in 2010? Who would have ever thought?
Here we have Cory Lopez, Nat Young, John John Florence, Jordy Smith, and Roy Powers pulling in and busting big on the North Shore this winter.
And you can keep your synth pop.