Surfing Strange
Studio album by
Swearin'
ReleasedNovember 5, 2013 (2013-11-05)
GenreIndie rock, punk
LabelSalinas Records
Swearin' chronology
Swearin'
(2012) 		Surfing Strange
(2013) 		Fall Into the Sun
(2018)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Consequence of SoundC+[3]
NME8/10[4]
Pitchfork Media7.6/10[5]
Robert Christgau(1-star Honorable Mention)[8]
Rolling Stone[6]
Spin8/10[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

  1. "Dust in the Gold Sack"
  2. "Watered Down"
  3. "Mermaid"
  4. "Parts of Speech"
  5. "Melanoma"
  6. "Echo Locate"
  7. "Loretta's Flowers"
  8. "Glare of the Sun"
  9. "Unwanted Place"
  10. "Young"
  11. "Curdled"

References

  1. ^ "Surfing Strange by Swearin'". Metacritic.
  2. ^ "Surfing Strange - Swearin' | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  3. ^ "Album Review: Swearin' - Surfing Strange". consequence.net. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
  4. ^ NME. NME. Retrieved on 2013-10-06.
  5. ^ Maloney, Devon (4 November 2013). "Surfing Strange Review". Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  6. ^ Rob Sheffield Surfing Strange. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 2013-10-06.
  7. ^ "Swearin' Coat Their Fuzzy Pop-Punk with Grit and Integrity on 'Surfing Strange'". www.spin.com. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Tyler-Ameen, Daoud (2013-10-27). "First Listen: Swearin', 'Surfing Strange'". NPR. Retrieved 2018-02-28.

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