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Beach Fossils

Data updated on 2025-06-14 10:40:28 UTC
Throughout the last fifteen years, Beach Fossils have steadily earned their stature as one of the most definitive and enduring bands of the 2010s New York underground, consistently reaching new listeners as their sound has grown from the DIY solo project of Dustin Payseur to an influential four-piece dream pop band, self-produced and self-released.

Bunny (2023) continues the stunning evolution of Beach Fossils’ sound, pulling elements from the jangly melancholy of the self-titled debut Beach Fossils (2010) and What a Pleasure (2011), the gritty, post-punk inspired tracks from Clash the Truth (2013), and the lush arrangements of Somersault (2017). Throughout, Payseur is joined by core band members Tommy Davidson (guitar), Jack Doyle Smith (bass), and Anton Hochheim (drums).

Through tone and mood, Beach Fossils communicate a coming-of-age narrative of self-discovery. Payseur’s slice-of-life lyrics reflect on depression, love, adventure, loss, mistakes, New York City, friendships coming and going — a mélange of granular pieces in the process of continuing to find yourself.

Genres

: shoegaze dream pop surf rock

Total plays

579.3 million
Updated on 2025-06-14

Country

United States

Social media links

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Monthly listeners

923,996

Followers

573,844

Top Cities

  1. United States
    Los Angeles
    28,290 listeners
  2. United States
    Chicago
    17,166 listeners
  3. United States
    New York City
    14,049 listeners
  4. United States
    Denver
    13,036 listeners
  5. United States
    Dallas
    10,915 listeners

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Most popular tracks

Track Plays Duration Release date
Down the Line
Down the Line
125,519,010 2:38 2017-06-02
Sleep Apnea
Sleep Apnea
91,895,069 2:26 2013-02-19
What a Pleasure
What a Pleasure
36,737,027 2:33 2011-03-08
May 1st
May 1st
33,779,249 2:59 2017-06-02
This Year
This Year
26,251,131 2:48 2017-06-02
Adversity
Adversity
17,369,701 4:03 2011-03-08
Sugar
Sugar
15,786,453 3:24 2017-06-02
Social Jetlag
Social Jetlag
14,324,301 3:02 2017-06-02
Tangerine
Tangerine
13,464,132 3:14 2017-06-02
Agony
Agony
12,960,516 3:25 2018-02-14
Saint Ivy
Saint Ivy
12,313,395 3:44 2017-06-02
Don't Fade Away
Don't Fade Away
8,949,077 3:23 2023-03-07
Daydream
Daydream
8,382,787 3:04 2010-01-22
Out in the Way
Out in the Way
7,150,079 3:52 2011-03-08
Clash the Truth
Clash the Truth
7,149,388 2:03 2013-02-19
Generational Synthetic
Generational Synthetic
7,000,823 2:45 2013-02-19
Sometimes
Sometimes
5,864,697 2:56 2010-05-25
Taking Off
Taking Off
5,638,007 3:09 2013-02-19
Crashed Out
Crashed Out
5,511,699 3:25 2013-02-19
Youth
Youth
5,472,385 2:37 2010-05-25
Fall Right In
Fall Right In
5,359,480 2:33 2011-03-08
Face It
Face It
5,117,972 3:34 2010-10-05
L.I.N.E.
L.I.N.E.
4,652,039 3:12 2021-06-11
Shallow
Shallow
4,633,016 3:17 2013-02-19
Dare Me
Dare Me
4,597,287 2:25 2023-04-04
Be Nothing
Be Nothing
4,117,533 5:01 2017-06-02
Run To The Moon
Run To The Moon
4,103,529 3:46 2023-04-25
Careless
Careless
3,712,969 3:03 2012-12-04
Closer Everywhere
Closer Everywhere
3,525,829 3:16 2017-06-02
In Vertigo
In Vertigo
3,204,280 3:20 2013-02-19
Golden Age
Golden Age
2,989,489 4:46 2010-05-25
Twelve Roses
Twelve Roses
2,948,263 2:20 2010-05-25
Calyer
Calyer
2,905,216 3:09 2011-03-08
Rise
Rise
2,754,832 1:41 2017-06-02
The Horse
The Horse
2,666,576 2:45 2010-05-25
Sleeping On My Own
Sleeping On My Own
2,614,121 2:43 2023-06-02
Moments
Moments
2,608,420 1:05 2011-03-08
That’s All for Now
That’s All for Now
2,543,713 3:11 2017-06-02
Tough Love
Tough Love
2,487,371 2:26 2023-06-02
Birthday
Birthday
2,403,542 2:53 2013-02-19
Distance
Distance
2,396,338 2:21 2010-10-05
Vacation
Vacation
2,362,152 3:46 2010-05-25
Vertigo
Vertigo
2,322,507 2:31 2013-11-15
Sleep Apnea
Sleep Apnea
2,196,666 2:22 2013-11-15
Sleep Apnea (Piano)
Sleep Apnea (Piano)
2,025,460 2:46 2021-11-19
Burn You Down
Burn You Down
1,981,552 2:58 2013-02-19
Caustic Cross
Caustic Cross
1,878,455 2:41 2013-02-19
Lessons
Lessons
1,849,131 2:31 2012-02-14
Shallow
Shallow
1,820,515 3:21 2012-02-14
Lazy Day
Lazy Day
1,751,292 3:05 2010-05-25
Desert Sand
Desert Sand
1,729,100 4:02 2010-01-22
Modern Holiday
Modern Holiday
1,721,627 1:22 2013-02-19
Ascension
Ascension
1,651,266 1:30 2013-02-19
Seconds
Seconds
1,545,550 3:08 2023-05-10
Brighter
Brighter
1,471,241 0:33 2013-02-19
Clash the Truth
Clash the Truth
1,462,794 2:11 2013-11-15
Wide Awake
Wide Awake
1,440,748 3:06 2010-05-25
Window View
Window View
1,432,606 4:06 2010-05-25
Gathering
Gathering
1,316,895 1:36 2010-05-25
Generational Synthetic
Generational Synthetic
1,225,447 2:48 2013-11-15
Birthday
Birthday
1,095,347 3:08 2013-11-15
Inside Out
Inside Out
1,092,648 2:13 2025-01-02
This Year (Piano)
This Year (Piano)
1,026,392 3:09 2021-11-19
Down the Line (Piano)
Down the Line (Piano)
809,789 3:33 2021-11-19
(Just Like The) Setting Sun
(Just Like The) Setting Sun
779,852 3:48 2023-06-02
Burn You Down
Burn You Down
726,817 3:07 2013-11-15
Caustic Cross
Caustic Cross
620,873 2:37 2013-11-15
Waterfall
Waterfall
619,492 3:32 2023-06-02
The Spell of a Vanishing Loveliness - Beach Fossils Rework
The Spell of a Vanishing Loveliness - Beach Fossils Rework
618,698 4:14 2018-02-03
Anything Is Anything
Anything Is Anything
597,791 4:08 2023-06-02
Numb
Numb
595,353 4:20 2023-06-02
Feel So High
Feel So High
594,182 3:48 2023-06-02
Silver Tongue
Silver Tongue
551,565 2:58 2017-06-02
May 1st (Piano)
May 1st (Piano)
514,083 3:16 2021-11-19
Plastic Flowers
Plastic Flowers
501,153 3:52 2011-04-04
Time
Time
361,823 2:25 2010-05-25
What a Pleasure (Piano)
What a Pleasure (Piano)
311,422 2:54 2021-11-19
Adversity (Piano)
Adversity (Piano)
293,923 4:20 2021-11-19
Youth (Piano)
Youth (Piano)
275,765 2:45 2021-11-19
That's All for Now (Piano)
That's All for Now (Piano)
250,775 3:31 2021-11-19

New releases

Inside Out
Inside Out
2025-01-02
[Numero Group]
Bunny
Bunny
2023-06-02
[P-VINE RECORDS]
Bunny
Bunny
2023-06-02
[Bayonet Records]
Seconds
Seconds
2023-05-10
[P-VINE RECORDS]
Seconds
Seconds
2023-05-10
[Bayonet Records]
Run to the Moon
Run to the Moon
2023-04-25
[P-VINE RECORDS]
Run To The Moon
Run To The Moon
2023-04-25
[Bayonet Records]
Dare Me
Dare Me
2023-04-04
[P-VINE RECORDS]
Dare Me
Dare Me
2023-04-04
[Bayonet Records]
Don't Fade Away
Don't Fade Away
2023-03-07
[P-VINE RECORDS]
Don't Fade Away
Don't Fade Away
2023-03-07
[Bayonet Records]
The Other Side of Life: Piano Ballads
The Other Side of Life: Piano Ballads
2021-11-19
[Bayonet Records]
L.I.N.E.
L.I.N.E.
2021-06-11
[Secretly Canadian]
Agony
Agony
2018-02-14
[Bayonet Records]
Somersault
Somersault
2017-06-02
[P-VINE RECORDS]
Somersault
Somersault
2017-06-02
[Bayonet Records]
Clash the Truth: Demos
Clash the Truth: Demos
2013-11-15
[Bayonet Records]
Clash the Truth
Clash the Truth
2013-02-19
[Bayonet Records]
Careless
Careless
2012-12-04
[Bayonet Records]
Shallow
Shallow
2012-02-14
[Bayonet Records]
Gruesome Flowers: A Tribute to the Wake
Gruesome Flowers: A Tribute to the Wake
2011-04-04
[Captured Tracks]
What a Pleasure
What a Pleasure
2011-03-08
[Bayonet Records]
Face It
Face It
2010-10-05
[Bayonet Records]
Vacation
Vacation
2010-05-25
[Bayonet Records]
Beach Fossils
Beach Fossils
2010-05-25
[Bayonet Records]
Daydream / Desert Sand
Daydream / Desert Sand
2010-01-22
[Bayonet Records]