Surfer Blood Draws Cheap First Blood Reference For Foals Opening Slot

Here's some info on one of the bands that will be opening up during the Foals tour this spring. Your mileage may vary, but here's what the unbiased folks at their record label suggest. 

Light fuse and get away, dummies.

February 11, 2013 - West Palm Beach rock band Surfer Blood have set a June 11th release date for their new album and Warner Bros Records debut Pythons. 

Front man JP Pitts, Thomas Fekete (guitar), Kevin Williams (bass) and Tyler Schwarz (drums) recorded Pythons in Los Angeles with producer Gil Norton (Pixies, Echo and the Bunnymen.) Rob Schnapf (Beck, Elliott Smith, Guided By Voices) mixed the album.

Pythons is the follow-up to Surfer Blood's critically-acclaimed debut album Astro Coast, which earned spots on "best of" lists from Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Filter, Paste, NME and the BBC. NPR's Bob Boilen called Astro Coast his "favorite album of 2010" and declared Surfer Blood to be "America's best new pop band."

After a string of West Coast fan shows starting later this month, Surfer Blood will hit SXSW, followed by a two-month long North American run supporting Foals. Full tour dates are below.

2/24 - Santa Cruz, CA - The Crepe Palace*       
2/25 - San Francisco, CA - Brick and Mortar*      
2/26 - Sacramento, CA - Blue Lamp* 
2/27 - Santa Barbara, CA - Muddy Waters*  
3/1 - Los Angeles, CA - The Echo* 
3/2 - Riverside, CA - UCR Heat Festival        
3/3 - San Diego, CA - Casbah*
3/10 - Grand Park, CO - Snowball Music Festival
4/25 - Houston, TX - Fitzgeralds**
4/26 - Dallas, TX- House of Blues**
4/27 - Austin, TX -- Emo's**
4/28 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues**
4/30 - Atlanta, GA - Goat Farm**
5/1 - Charlotte, NC - Neighborhood Theatre**
5/3 - New York, NY - Terminal 5**
5/4 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory**
5/5 - Washington, DC - 930 Club**
5/6 - Albany, NY - Upstate Concert Hall**
5/8 - Providence, RI - The Met**
5/9 - Boston, MA - House of Blues**
5/10 - Montreal, QC - Club Soda**
5/11 - Toronto, ON - Koolhaus**
5/13 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues**
5/14 - Cincinnati, OH - Bogarts**
5/15 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall**
5/17 - Indianapolis, IN - Deluxe**
5/18 - Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre**
5/19 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall**
5/20 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue**
5/21 - Fargo, ND - The Aquarium*
5/25 - George, WA - Sasquatch! Music Festival 
5/29 - Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom**
5/30 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore**
5/31 - Seattle, WA - Neptune**
6/3 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot**
6/5 - Lawrence, KS - Granada**
6/7 - St. Louis, MO - Pageant**
6/9 - Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Smalls**
6/11 - Baltimore, MD - Ram's Head**
6/12 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel**

*Headline Show
**With Foals