BUTTHOLE SURFERS - AFTER THE ASTRONAUT OPAQUE WHITE Vinyl LP

Expected: 6/26/26

Riding the least likely commercial success of the '90s with Modern Rock chart topper "Pepper," Austin odd rockers Butthole Surfers returned to the studio in 1998 for the follow-up, After the Astronaut. Leaning further into experiments with electronics, hip-hop, acid grooves, and the otherwise unusual, the result is a dizzying orbital trip expanding the idea of what's possible in rock music.

Disputes between the Butthole Surfers and Capitol Records left the album unreleased, while the band regrouped and re-recorded some of the material for 2001's Weird Revolution, released through Hollywood Records. After the Astronaut collected dust, eventually developing a mythic status.

A quarter century later, Butthole Surfers are realizing their vision for After the Astronaut. Newly mixed by guitarist/producer Paul Leary, After the Astronaut corrects the record on the band's activity in the late '90s with a bold, idiosyncratic evolution of their sun-fried psychedelia.