Surfing for Daisy takes its name from two different dogs — Mike Bernabei's current dog and Nick Francis's childhood dog were both named Daisy — combined with Francis's own love of surfing, decided on during a porch jam session in Asbury Park in January 2023.
The six-piece — Francis on vocals and acoustic guitar, Bernabei on electric guitar, Steve Filippone on drums, Cam Seidel on bass, Dan DiSantis on guitar and backing vocals, and Kathryn McCarty on keys and backing vocals — built a real local following off early singles like "Flannel" and "Acrobat," warm alt-folk songs that sound more polished than their DIY origin suggests.
Hyper Focus, their most recent album, follows a self-titled debut and keeps them touring well beyond the Jersey Shore boardwalk scene that shaped them — a band that started as friends on a porch now carrying a full studio discography.