1000 Palms

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1000 Palms
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 12, 2015 (2015-05-12)
StudioTyler Schwarz' parents' house and Echo Beach Studios in Jupiter, Florida
Genre Indie rock, surf rock, lo-fi
Length37:11
Label Joyful Noise
Producer John Paul Pitts, Surfer Blood
Surfer Blood chronology
Pythons
(2013)
1000 Palms
(2015)
Snowdonia
(2017)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 62/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Consequence of Sound C+ [3]
Paste (5.0/10) [4]
Pitchfork (6.6/10) [5]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]

1000 Palms is the third studio album by Floridian surf rock band Surfer Blood. It was released on May 12, 2015, under Joyful Noise Recordings.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Grand Inquisitor"2:38
2."Island"3:44
3."I Can't Explain"4:24
4."Feast – Famine"3:13
5."Point of No Return"3:15
6."Saber-Tooth & Bone"3:43
7."Covered Wagons"3:26
8."Dorian"4:25
9."Into Catacombs"1:41
10."Other Desert Cities"2:57
11."NW Passage"4:32

Personnel

Charting

Chart (2015)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [7] 160
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [8] 13
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [9] 2
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [10] 11
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [11] 16
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [12] 10

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