Bad Boy Butch Batson crashes back into the world with new album 'BRUTE FORCE'

There are comeback records, and then there are moments where an artist ruptures the present tense. And 'BRUTE FORCE' does exactly that. Bad Boy Butch Batson resurfaces with a snarling, sweat-soaked statement that feels violently alive, as if it’s been pacing in a locked room for years waiting to be unleashed.

The songs arrive bent, buzzing, and gloriously unstable, stitched together from instinct rather than instruction. Guitars scrape and lurch, rhythms wobble like they might collapse at any second, and Batson’s presence towers over it all. There’s humour here, but it’s the dangerous kind, grinning through clenched teeth.

What’s remarkable is how current this sounds despite its long, fractured journey to completion. The record crackles with the spirit of outsider rock at its most thrilling. You can hear the seams, the scars, the mess, and that’s precisely the point. This is a refusal to sand down the edges that make music feel human.

Certain tracks swagger, others snarl, others feel like they’re laughing at you while setting the room on fire. The tone shifts constantly, but the intent never wavers. And whether you’re exhilarated or rattled, you will remember it.

'BRUTE FORCE' is loud, crooked, funny, unsettling, and deeply personal, a reminder that truly singular artists don’t evolve in straight lines. They disappear, reemerge, and when they do, they drag their entire universe back with them.

Bad Boy Butch Batson has expanded his legacy here. And in doing so, he’s delivered one of the most unforgettable outsider rock statements in recent memory.