Surfing Strange
| Surfing Strange | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | November 5, 2013 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, punk | |||
| Label | Salinas Records | |||
| Swearin' chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 74/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Consequence of Sound | C+[3] |
| NME | 8/10[4] |
| Pitchfork Media | 7.6/10[5] |
| Robert Christgau |  [8] |
| Rolling Stone |  [6] |
| Spin | 8/10[7] |
Surfing Strange is the second full-length album by Swearin'. It was released on November 5, 2013 on Salinas Records. Unlike the band's 2012 debut album, it features vocals from the band's bassist Keith Spencer.[9]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dust in the Gold Sack" | 03:08 |
| 2. | "Watered Down" | 02:53 |
| 3. | "Mermaid" | 04:16 |
| 4. | "Parts of Speech" | 03:01 |
| 5. | "Melanoma" | 03:20 |
| 6. | "Echo Locate" | 03:15 |
| 7. | "Loretta's Flowers" | 03:10 |
| 8. | "Glare of the Sun" | 03:23 |
| 9. | "Unwanted Place" | 02:28 |
| 10. | "Young" | 02:01 |
| 11. | "Curdled" | 02:33 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Surfing Strange by Swearin'". Metacritic.
- ^ "Surfing Strange - Swearin' | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ "Album Review: Swearin' - Surfing Strange". consequence.net. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
- ^ NME. NME. Retrieved on 2013-10-06.
- ^ Maloney, Devon (4 November 2013). "Surfing Strange Review". Retrieved 4 November 2013.
- ^ Rob Sheffield Surfing Strange. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 2013-10-06.
- ^ "Swearin' Coat Their Fuzzy Pop-Punk with Grit and Integrity on 'Surfing Strange'". www.spin.com. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (21 November 2014). "Coathangers / Chumped / Parkay Quarts / Parquet Courts / Cloud Nothings / Half Japanese / Typefighter / Wire / Oblivians / Sunwolf / Swearin'". Medium. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ Tyler-Ameen, Daoud (2013-10-27). "First Listen: Swearin', 'Surfing Strange'". NPR. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
