Butthole Surfers Tease 'After The Astronaut' With New Single Intelligent Guy
Tuesday, 26 May 2026
Written by Jon Stickler
Butthole Surfers have shared another track from their previously shelved album.
Blending the Texas band's signature pychedelic rock sound with industrial and electronic elements, Intelligent Guy marks the third preview of 'After The Astronaut', which was recorded in 1998 and will finally be released on June 26 via Sunset Blvd. Head below to view the song's surreal video, featuring aliens, strange landscapes, muscular babies and clowns riding dinosaurs while playing guitar. Director Ron English said:
"The first time I ever heard the name Butthole Surfers was when Daniel Johnston burst into our co-op house at four in the morning shouting, “Wake up! Wake up! Everybody wake up! The Butthole Surfers need acid!”
"So when eight women from the house decided to go see this band called The Butthole Surfers, I agreed to tag along. I even let the girls doll me up in makeup, a bouffant hairdo, and a nice dress because, somehow, it seemed appropriate for the occasion. We had no idea what we were walking into. We only knew people were saying insane things about this band and we wanted to make sure we looked worthy of the experience.
"The chaos of the show was already spilling into the parking lot. The doorman seemed too overwhelmed to notice I was smuggling a gallon of wine under my dress.
"From the first note, the band was electrifying. At first, they seemed like a typical Texas punk band, but that illusion quickly dissolved into a surrealist tent-revival sideshow. The band tore through pro-wrestling power chords while the shamanic lead singer summoned lyrics out of the smoky ether of the club. The music was nicely illustrated with a backdrop of flickering autopsy films, completing the hallucination. I need to remember to thank Daniel Johnston.
"Many years later, I was tapped to do a video. Fuck yes!"
Butthole Surfers announced the album in March alongside the release of the track Jet Fighter, which was followed in April by Imbuya. It'll arrive nearly 30 years after it was meant to follow 1996's 'Electriclarryland', having been shelved by Capitol Records at the last minute for not having enough commercial appeal.
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