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Product Details
- Genre Collection Alternative
- Genre / Style Alternative Rock / Psychedelic Punk / Experimental Rock
- UPC 0708535709121
- Record Label Sunset Blvd Records
- Edition Indie Exclusive
- Format LP
- Disc Quantity 1
- Vinyl Color White
- Vinyl Size 12"
- Vinyl Weight Standard
- Additional Info Limited Edition, Color Insert, Explicit
- Release Date 6/26/2026
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Recorded after the mainstream breakthrough of Electriclarryland, Butthole Surfers' After The Astronaut documents the album the band completed before it was shelved and partly reworked into later material. The songs connect the group's Texas psych-punk history with late-90s electronic loops, oddball hooks, and blunt rock structures. This Indie Exclusive limited edition opaque white vinyl record presents the original album title and its twelve-song running order.
"The Weird Revolution" opens with the title phrase that later resurfaced in altered form, giving this version direct importance in the band's history. "Intelligent Guy" moves with a clipped beat and spoken-sung vocal attitude, while "Jet Fighter" uses a louder guitar push and a chorus built for quicker recognition. "Mexico" and "Venus" bring in stranger melodic turns, and "The Last Astronaut" places the album title inside the tracklist before the back half closes with "Turkey and Dressing" on Side B.
The album restores the missing step between Electriclarryland and Weird Revolution, two records that frame the band's late-period story. Paul Leary newly mixed the material, linking the release to the original shelved sessions and their late-90s context. The opaque white pressing is the Indie Exclusive limited edition variant tied to the first official vinyl presentation of the shelved album.
- Format: Vinyl LP
- Standout tracks: The Weird Revolution, Intelligent Guy, Jet Fighter, Mexico
- Pressing details: Indie Exclusive, limited edition, opaque white vinyl
- Genre/style: Alternative Rock, Psychedelic Punk, Experimental Rock
- UPC: 708535709121
For Butthole Surfers fans, "Jet Fighter," "The Weird Revolution," and "Intelligent Guy" connect After The Astronaut to the long-circulated lost-album story. The white vinyl pressing adds a visual variant to one of the band's strangest catalog gaps.
* The Spotify track list may not exactly represent the tracks and audio of this LP edition.
Track List:
Side A:
- Weird Revolution
- Intelligent Guy
- Jet Fighter
- Mexico
- Imbuya
-
Venus
Side B:
- The Last Astronaut
- Yentel
- Junkie Jenny In Gaytown
- They Came In
- I Don't Have A Problem
-
Turkey And Dressing
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