It’s been a challenging few years for Florida’s garage-rock natives, Surfer Blood. The four-piece have been through a lot since the release of their debut album: Allegations of domestic violence hit ...

Music can create powerful emotional reactions—and nobody is really sure why. Simple guitar chords and pedals can cause a wide range of emotions with no true explanation, and indie-rock band Surfer ...

Surfer Blood made a big splash with its 2009 debut album, “Astro Coast,” but that album almost didn’t come out. The perfectionist in singer/guitarist John Paul Pitts made him want to keep testing the ...