The lo-fi indie outfit known as Surfer Blood are back with their first official single off the forthcoming LP, entitled 1000 Palms.

The new song, “I Can’t Explain,” really cuts back from the band’s traditional sound, slows it down big time, but still contains the feel-good vibes that are relentless from the group.

The band had a few things to say about the creation of the song, also.

“’I Can’t Explain’ is one of our most collaborative efforts to date…The hook just came to us one day in the practice space and we wrote the rest of the song around it. The lyrics (by Kevin Williams) tell the story of a romantic encounter on a New Year’s Eve past and build slowly with the rest of the song. I’ve always been keen on a long instrumental outro, so this seemed like the perfect spot for a long, jammy guitar section — a place for us to get some Yo La Tengo/Built to Spill guitar fetishizing out of our system.” – frontman John Paul Pitts

1000 Palms will be released May 12 and can be pre-ordered here. Check out the song below.

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