Top 50 2011: Voyager Reprise

Next in the continuing series of artists with EPs that I look forward to hearing more from next year: Surfer Blood

I remember hearing Surfer Blood’s debut Astro Coast and liking with I heard, but I never really made any effort to track it down or download it.  When they released the Tarot Classics stopgap EP, there was enough difference that I had to pick it up.  Although lead tracks “I’m Not Ready” and “Miranda” are getting all the attention, there’s something really special about the EP’s third track, “Voyager Reprise”.

It starts out a sea of chaos that resolves itself into a brief instrumental, and finally the song itself.  The sound is like The Smiths gone surf rock, and if their next release is like this track, it’s another album to look forward to in 2012.