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1000 Palms

by Surfer Blood

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about

1000 Palms marks a return to Surfer Blood's DIY ethos. Abandoning the big time studio, the band decided to head back home to self-record and self-produce their third full-length album. Free of major-label-influence, Surfer Blood have delivered a uniquely compelling album, unlike anything in their catalog.

The story of 1000 Palms began on January 1st 2014, after playing a New Year’s show in Portland, OR, the band decided to stick around for the rest of the month, renting a practice space and sorting through a backlog of ideas. By February, as their lease ran out, Surfer Blood had recorded demos for most of the tracks that now feature on their third LP.

After a frustrating time at previous home Warner Brothers, the quartet were beyond ready to return to a more DIY recording process, completely void of the middlemen scrutinizing every bar of previous LP Pythons. With the band self-recording it was in the glamorous setting of an attic studio above a doctor’s office where drums were committed to tape. Frontman John Paul Pitts states "fortunately none of us are strangers to DIY recording, so it was a challenge well-suited to our band".

The making of 1000 Palms also owes a lot to the kindness of friends and family, with the remaining instrument sessions taking place at the home of drummer Tyler Schwartz’s parents while they were on vacation. Following a few days of very little sleep and after the band pooled resources and called in favors, the band had managed to craft everything you now hear on the record.

credits

released May 12, 2015

Written and Produced by Surfer Blood:

Thomas Fekete - guitar
John Paul Pitts - vocals/ guitar/ production
Tyler Schwarz - drums
Kevin Williams - bass/ keyboards

Recorded by Surfer Blood

Mixed by Rob Schnapf at Mant Studios in Los Angeles, CA
Engineer: Brian Rosemeyer

Drums recorded at Echo Beach Studios in Jupiter, FL
Engineer: Ray Holzknecht

Mastered by Mark Chalecki at Little Red Book Mastering

Cover Art by Julia Pitts

Thank you to our friends and families, David Newgarden, Amy Winslow, Reed Smidebush, Heidi Greenwood, Julianna Barwick, Afflux Studios, Wild Ones, Jake Aaron, Justin Garrish, Evan Mui, Amber Carew, Melissa Decker, Jessica Fekete, Lee Fight, Peter & Patti Williams, Eric Lilavois, Lio Cerezo, Kay Quatararo, Louise Cocks, Thom Denson, Natalie Román, Mike Mori, Natalie, Andy Cook, Phil Sarna, Abner Monegro, Nicholas Rotunno, Joe Santarpia

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