Tarot Classics

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Tarot Classics
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EP by
ReleasedOctober 25, 2011
Genre Indie rock
Length23:17
Label Kanine Records
Producer Surfer Blood
Surfer Blood chronology
Astro Coast
(2010)
Tarot Classics
(2011)
Pythons
(2013)
Singles from Tarot Classics
  1. "Miranda"
    Released: August 30, 2011 [1]

Tarot Classics is an EP by Florida-based indie rock band Surfer Blood released on October 25, 2011, on Kanine Records. It is their last release for Kanine.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 77/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk 85% [3]
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Consequence of Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
One Thirty BPM 76% [6]
Paste 7.5/10 [7]
Pitchfork Media 7.2/10 [8]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [10]

Tarot Classics received generally favorable reviews from music critics. [2]

Track listing

All songs written by John Paul Pitts, Thomas Fekete, Tyler Schwarz and Kevin Williams, except as noted.

  1. I'm Not Ready (John Paul Pitts, Thomas Fekete, Tyler Schwarz)
  2. Miranda
  3. Voyager Reprise
  4. Drinking Problem
  5. Voyager Reprise (Another Summer of Love Remix)
  6. Drinking Problem (Speculator Remix)

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References

  1. Bevan, David (30 August 2011). "Miranda". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Reviews for Tarot Classics [EP] by Surfer Blood - Metacritic". Metacritic.
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