Pythons (album)

Pythons
Studio album by Surfer Blood
Released June 11, 2013
Genre Pop, Rock
Length 34:29
Label Sire
Warner Brothers Recordings
Producer Gil Norton
Surfer Blood chronology

Astro Coast
(2010)		 Pythons
(2013)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 66/100[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
Pitchfork Media (6.7/10)[3]

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 whilst on tour. The first song to be written for the album is technically "Prom Song", as they have had the guitar parts for this song for a few years now. 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 due to the fact he produced most of the Pixies discography. [4]

Track list

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
Pythons (Deluxe Version)[5]
No. Title Length
11. "Bird 4 U"   2:56
12. "Phantom Limb"   3:09

References

  1. ↑ "Pythons Reviews". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  2. ↑ Phares, Heather. "Pythons - Surfer Blood". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  3. ↑ "Pitchfork Media review".
  4. ↑ "Surfer Blood start work on new album with Pixies producer". Thelineofbestfit.com. 2013-05-05. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  5. ↑ "Pythons (Deluxe Version)". itunes.apple.com. 2013-06-07. Retrieved 2013-06-19.

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