Song · Surfer Blood
“Demon Dance” by Surfer Blood
From the album Pythons (2013)
“Demon Dance” by Surfer Blood appears on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2013 and 2018. It was first released in 2013 on the album Pythons. Its best result is #29 on the CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2013. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #234 alternative song of 2013 and #7,381 alternative song of all time.
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"Demon Dance" turns up on Pythons, the second Surfer Blood album, which Sire put out in June 2013, and it came through the hands of Gil Norton, the producer behind most of the Pixies' catalog. Dan Austin engineered, Rob Schnapf mixed, and the band took the songwriting credit as a unit.
Pythons was Surfer Blood cleaning up its act. Where their earlier recordings had been produced in frontman John Paul Pitts' apartment, these songs were written on the road after the Tarot Classics EP, then recorded with the reverb stripped away and a much glossier finish. Norton's old friend Joey Santiago, the Pixies guitarist, even lent them amps and guitars for the sessions.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 29 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2013 | 103 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1909 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
| 2018 | 736 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
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