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Surfer Blood is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Les Savy Fav, OutKast, The Drums, Pixies and School of Seven Bells. Those roots explain a lot about how Surfer Blood arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Islands, Dehd, Tijuana Panthers, French Kicks and Titus Andronicus, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into No Joy, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Surfer Blood, reaching back through Les Savy Fav and forward to No Joy. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Surfer Blood are an American indie rock band from West Palm Beach, Florida, United States, currently signed to Kanine Records, formerly signed to Joyful Noise Recordings and Warner Bros. Records. The band currently consists of four members: John Paul Pitts, Tyler Schwarz (drums), Mike McCleary, and Lindsey Mills.
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Surfer Blood connections
Surfer Blood grew out of Les Savy Fav, OutKast, The Drums and Pixies, shares an orbit with Islands, Dehd, Tijuana Panthers and French Kicks, went on to shape No Joy. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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