Surfer Blood has teamed up with everyone’s favorite magical space cat, Lil BUB, for a 7″ split due out May 13th via Joyful Noise Recordings. Featuring brand new Surfer Blood track “Evil Cat” on Side A and BUB’s contribution “BUB the Builder” on Side B, the 7″ is currently available for pre-order. It’s limited to 500 copies on special “Eye of Sauron” colored vinyl.

100% of profits will benefit long-time Surfer Blood guitarist Thomas Fekete’s cancer treatment. Currently unable to tour and make a living, Thom has relied on the generous donations of fans & friends via his GoFundMe page, sales of his new solo album Burner, and various other fundraisers (the most recent being an auction of previously-unreleased tracks from artists like Yo La Tengo, Guided By Voices, Cults, Real Estate, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart & others, which are still available for download with a donation of $10 or more.)

Surfer Blood hits the road with Joyful Noise label mates Sound of Ceres — who recently released their debut album Nostalgia for Infinity — in May. See below for a list of upcoming dates.

Surfer Blood & Sound of Ceres Tour:
5/4: Athens, GA @ Georgia Theatre
5/5: Chattanooga, TN @ Revelry Room
5/6: Bowling Green, KY @ Tidballs
5/9: Kansas City, MO @ Tank Room
5/10: Lincoln, NE @ Vega
5/11: Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
5/12: Champaign, IL @ The Accord
5/16: St. Louis, MO @ Firebird
5/18: Indianapolis, IN @ White Rabbit
5/19: Grand Rapids, MI @ Pyramid Scheme
5/20: Detroit, MI @ UFO
5/21: Columbus, OH @ The Basement
5/22: Louisville, KY @ Zanzabar
5/23: Lexington, KY @ Cosmic Charlie’s