Summary
Pythons is the second studio album by indie rock band Surfer Blood. It was released in June 2013 under Sire Records and produced by Gil Norton. Following the release of their EP, Tarot Classics, Surfer Blood had been writing songs while on tour. The first song to be written for the album is technically "Prom Song", as they had the guitar parts for this song for a few years. The album features all the qualities that define Surfer Blood's sound, but is stripped of its reverb and given a more polished production, as opposed to the production that took place in front-man John Paul Pitts' apartment. "Pixies" guitarist Joey Santiago lent the band equipment such as amplifiers and guitars during the album's production, as Norton is a close friend of his because he produced most of the Pixies discography.[4]
| Pythons | ||||
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| Released | June 11, 2013 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, surf rock, power pop, pop punk | |||
| Length | 34:29 | |||
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| Producer | Gil Norton | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 69/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [2] |
| Pitchfork Media | (6.7/10)[3] |
Track listing edit
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Demon Dance" | 3:14 |
| 2. | "Gravity" | 2:47 |
| 3. | "Weird Shapes" | 3:30 |
| 4. | "I Was Wrong" | 3:37 |
| 5. | "Squeezing Blood" | 3:15 |
| 6. | "Say Yes to Me" | 2:54 |
| 7. | "Blair Witch" | 3:13 |
| 8. | "Needles and Pins" | 3:41 |
| 9. | "Slow Six" | 4:25 |
| 10. | "Prom Song" | 3:53 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Bird 4 U" | 2:56 |
| 12. | "Phantom Limb" | 3:09 |
Personnel edit
- John Paul Pitts - vocals, guitar
- Thomas Fekete - guitar, vocals
- Kevin Williams- bass, keyboards, vocals
- Tyler Schwarz - drums
- Gil Norton - producer
- Dan Austin - engineer, programming
- Brian Gardner - mastering
- Rob Schnapf - mixing
- Chris Szczech - mixing assistant
- Brendan Dekora - assistant engineer
- Jeff Sosnow - A&R
- Alex Black - A&R
- Julia Pitts - photography
- Frank Maddocks - art direction, photography
- Esteban Neumann - illustrations
References edit
- ^ "Pythons Reviews". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
- ^ Phares, Heather. "Pythons - Surfer Blood". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
- ^ "Pitchfork Media review". Pitchfork.
- ^ "Surfer Blood start work on new album with Pixies producer". Thelineofbestfit.com. 2013-05-05. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
- ^ "Pythons (Deluxe Version)". itunes.apple.com. 2013-06-07. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
External links edit
- Pythons at iTunes.com
- Pythons at Amazon.com