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Surfing Strange

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Surfing Strange
Studio album by
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

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No.TitleLength
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

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  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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