Release Date: December 4, 2025
Label: Independent
Las Arañas del Neptuno (The Sands of Neptune) is an Instrumental Surf-Rock band from North Tenerife, Canary Islands.
On Ride The Madam Psychosis Radio Waves, they offer surf intro gems that are not your typical 2-plus-minute runs. They take it one step further with some fine improvisations. Using themes from Sci-Fi and Horror, they color their music with deep guitar runs and complex transitions.
The striking cover art by Gustavo Ponce captures your imagination without a single note being played, which encourages you to listen.
Las Arañas del Neptuno Are:
Lead
Guitar: Rodrigo Ramos
Rhythm
Guitar/Keyboards: Bruno Gálvez
Bass
Guitar: Thomas Mayer
Drums: Ayoze Herrera
“Spider Stomp” kicks things off with an air of mystery before launching into a full-blown guitar glissando, as the thundering bass and steady drums give the lead guitar room to breathe and stretch out into some transitions. Three-quarters of the way in, they switch it up and give their own brand of Spanish-flavored instrumental treatment. In just under five minutes, it’s like hearing two different songs within one. An impressive beginning to what I anticipate being quite a ride!
“Atardecer en El Neptuno” (Sunset on Neptune) is an atmospheric track to reflect an outer space theme. It begins with a tasteful tempo, then eventually transforms into something more with a faster pace, then back again. The emphasis is on the resonant reverb guitar notes that give it the necessary feeling from start to finish. Shimmering guitar notes give you that feeling of being on the beach watching the sunset, since you cannot be on Neptune.
“Bride of Dracula” features a tribal drum as the guitar hits the notes with emphasis as keys play in the background, subtle yet effective, creating a sense of horror and trepidation. The shortest track, at 3:05, showcased the music’s sheer beauty while focusing on the terrifying essence of the subject matter.
“Enchantress of the Nile” sounds like it belongs in Egypt with the appropriate Middle Eastern influences, as your mind takes you there within seconds, imagining what that person would look like as the sun burns and the sand swirls in the air. A key component is the hypnotic keys, which flow through the track as the drums, bass, and guitar follow, enhancing the overall flavor. Toward the end of the song, the beat and tempo shift while the instrumentation preserves the original atmosphere. One of the more complex and intriguing tracks so far.
“Surfer From Outer Space” reaches back to a more traditional surf instro sound, moving away from the complexities of the previous track. The reverb and tremolo are superbly played with some of that rapid-fire glissando that is the earmark of surf instro on display. Your appreciation for this grows with every track, thanks to their diverse ability to take deep dives into any style within the surf instro umbrella. I appreciated it as they moved towards the end, how the music exploded, and how they showed how easy it was for them to get heavy when they decided to.
“Loose Cat Blues” takes off into entirely different territory, with country-blues guitar licks backed by a terrific rhythm section. Here again, they keep their surf instro foundation intact and shape and mold it into something from another genre, thereby creating another sub-genre that showcases the command of their instruments. Adding the harmonica of Thomas Mayer and Bruno Gálvez on lead guitar enables the group to successfully step outside familiar territory. A fresh change and yet another instance of diversity.
“What the Sea Told Me” Is the second-longest track at 5:24. Once again, they get back to the roots of inspiration, the sea, from whence all this music originated with the surf community. There are some finite transitions that encapsulate their brilliant instrumentation and shifting tempos. The guitar leads are majestic as the perfect wave. From the picking to the punctuated sharp leads, this guitar-driven music always allows the other instruments to take their place, and it is showcased here as the bass and drums easily grab the spotlight while the production elements create the necessary separation for your ears. Beauty and power merge here for one of my favorites.
“La Venganza del Neptuno” (Neptune’s Revenge) is just short of six minutes. They could not have picked a better way to wrap up this fantastic album. All their strengths come together here; the glissando guitar, the thumping and thundering bass and drums, and the transitory nature of their compositions are also in full bloom. This is surf instrumental rock at its finest. Everything about this final track says that the musicians in this band have it together. The music is crisp, clear, colorful, exciting, and precise.
One can never say this brand of surf instro is simplistic in any way; it is quite the opposite. Ride The Madam Psychosis Radio Waves is one of the best surf instro albums of 2025!
Viva! Las Arañas del Neptuno.
Keith
“MuzikMan” Hannaleck-Surf Music and Art Founder
January 10, 2026
Tracks:
1. Spider Stomp 4:47
2. Atardecer en El Neptuno 4:21
3. Bride of Dracula 3:05
4. Enchantress of the Nile 4:46
5. Surfer From Outer Space 3:35
6. Loose Cat Blues 4:52 (features Thomas Mayer on Harmonica and Bruno Gálvez on lead guitar)
7. What the Sea Told Me 5:24
8. La Venganza del Neptuno 5:57
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