Butthole Surfers
Weird Revolution

THE REVIEW

It seems strange to me that there was no review for this album, but at the same time it's a great pleasure and honor for me to review this album first.

I believe that bands like Butthole Surfers need no introduction, they are part of those unique, almost unclassifiable groups. The band consists of Gibby Haynes (vocals), Paul Leary (guitar), and King Coffey (drums).

Speaking of the album, this is the last album they released (dating back to 2001), even though they are still active today. The album opens with the title track "The Weird Revolution", a track more spoken than sung with a good background of groovy drum parts, pumping bass, and distorted, reverberated, and muffled guitars; "The Shame of Life" is perhaps one of my favorites on the album: we are talking about rapped verses and a melodic chorus with heavy and full-sounding guitars; next is "Dracula from Houston", perhaps the most well-known and easy-listening track on the album, another of my favorites: very catchy chorus and guitars with Surf traits and Funk reminiscences (maybe it's just my impression); "Venus" presents itself as a nice track but not the best of the album, psychedelic influences can be noticed on the sitar parts; "Shit Like That" follows where Gibby lets off steam singing like a madman on the verses, chorus with maximally muffled and distorted guitars and scratches; comes the moment of "Mexico": a track with an Arabic flavor, very psychedelic; on "Intelligent Guy" space is given to dark parts on the verses but sunnier on the chorus, very incisive guitar parts; "Get Down" instead features very electronic sounds throughout the song, with a bass that pumps almost the same line throughout, very fun and interesting as a track; on "Jet Fighter" Gibby's voice is in the foreground, a track with a very chill & calm mood, beautiful; "The Last Astronaut" features a melancholic piano part that is carried on throughout the song while that distorted voice seems to tell a sad story, perhaps of death; we have reached the penultimate track "Yentel", a very atmospheric track that recalls Downtempo sounds; the last track is titled "They Came In", with a very present guitar, linear drums and bass, incisive synthesizer parts towards the end, among the most beautiful tracks of the album... to conclude beautifully.

A great album this, featuring all songs with different styles (a characteristic of the group). I sincerely hope the Butthole Surfers will return with a new album, in the meantime, 12 years have passed since the last one... we will see, let’s not lose hope.