Biography
Thomas Fekete was an American guitarist and a founding member of the alternative rock band Surfer Blood. He died May 30, 2016. He was 27.
He left the band in 2015, after he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, but it hasn’t stopped him from creating the amazing bedroom pop album, titled “Burner”.
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Recorded on a 4-track in Thom’s bedroom in South Florida, “Burner” is lo-fi, intimate, and earnest. Music rarely feels this special.
Surfer Blood, which formed as Jabroni Sandwich during the 2000s, originated from Miami, Florida.
The band’s debut single “Swim” was released to critical acclaim, with the Pitchfork ranking the track as the 37th best on the online music magazine’s list of the 100 best songs of 2009. Surfer Blood released three studio albums, “Astro Coast,” “Pythons,” and “1,000 Palms,” and an EP, “Tarot Classics.” Thomas Fekete played on all four of the albums.
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.