Yus, that whole arc of Surfers albums from "Psychic...Powerless...Another Man's Sac" through "Hairway to Steven" are perhaps one of the great pinnacles of American psychedelia. Ear AND brain-wrenching!
Also in that arc, but far less known, is the Touch and Go sampler "God's Favorite Dog", which includes the hellishly bizarre Daniel Johnston/Butthole Surfers collab "Don't Play Cards With Satan", a couple of missing Surfers tracks (notably "Eindhoven Chicken Massacre"), and related bits of otherwise-unreleased damage such as Killdozer's scarifying version of "Sweet Home Alabama". I have no frickin' idea if this has ever come out on CD, but if I ever find a copy, I'm all over it like white on rice as my cassette copy is just about worn out.
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