Brian Jonestown Goes Fucking Mental

More cerebral bounce to the ounce than a barrelful of Tim Learys. Meanwhile, check out the zombie video below.

By Blurt Staff

American's greatest roving band of psychedelic lunatics the Brian Jonestown Massacre is back and set to release their tenth studio album, Who Killed Sgt. Pepper? on February 23^rd. The 13-track album was recorded throughout 2009 in Iceland and Berlin and features (speaking of psychedelia) Spaceman 3 legend Will Carruthers on bass, vocalist Unnur Andrea Einarsdottir and others pitching in to bring frontman Anton Newcombe's singularly unhinged vision to fruition.

Who, indeed, killed the good Sergeant? Only their hairdressers know for sure, but we're advised that this will feature "textures not previously heard on a BJM album... the band's most multi-cultured release to date -- featuring ambient Bhangra beats and gypsy influences of Eastern Europe music - while retaining much of the trademark style that The Brian Jonestown Massacre has honed since their inception in 1994."

Newcombe's own label, "a recordings LTD", distributed though Red Eye, will release the record.

The album also marks the return of guitarist/vocalist Matt Hollywood, an original member/co-founder of the band who helped write some of the BJM's classic material from their early albums (Strung Out In Heaven, Their Satanic Majesties Second Request, Take It From The Man, Spacegirl & Other Oddities, Give It Back) as well as penning the infamous dig at the Dandy Warhols, "Not If You Were The Last Dandy on Earth". Tour dates in support of the release will be announced soon.

Tracklisting:

Tempo 116.7 (Reaching For Dangerous Levels Of Sobriety)

Tunger Hnifur

Lets Go Fucking Mental

White Music

This Is The First Of Your Last Warning (Icelandic)

This Is The One Thing We Did Not Want To Have Happen

The One

Someplace Else Unknown

Dekta! Dekta! Dekta!

 Super Fucked

 Our Time

 Feel It

 Felt Tipped Pictures Of Ufos

Meanwhile, you gotta see this BJM video for "Lets Go Fucking Mental," retitled for obvious reasons, "Lego Fucking Mental". It was originally created by TomJoeTwins and Newcombe subsequently added music to it to give it, er, a completely new level of meaning.