Melvins’ Buzz Osborne and Butthole Surfers’ JD Pinkus have joined forces with Coady Willis and Clinton Jacob for a debut album that’s already taken a rather unusual turn.
Gatta Morta, the underground rock project featuring members of Melvins, Butthole Surfers, Big Business and mr.phylzzz, have announced their debut album, Immaculator, arriving 12 February 2027 via Ipecac Recordings.
The 10-track record follows the band’s August EP Burn Witch Burn, with a new single, “Music For Furbies“, now available alongside an accompanying visualizer. And yes, the song really was inspired by a collection of those unnerving, battery-powered creatures.
The quartet brings together Melvins guitarist and vocalist Buzz Osborne, Butthole Surfers bassist JD Pinkus, drummer Coady Willis of Big Business and Melvins, and mr.phylzzz guitarist and vocalist Clinton Jacob.
Six Songs In Five Days
Speaking about the recording sessions, Buzz Osborne said the band initially hoped to write three songs but emerged from their first five days with six, according to comments published by Blabbermouth on 10 November.
Rather than arriving with a predetermined musical formula, the musicians brought their own ideas and remained open to reshaping them. Osborne said nobody was precious about their contributions, allowing the songs to develop collaboratively. It’s a telling approach for four musicians with such established creative identities.
The results will arrive in February, but “Music For Furbies” offers another preview of what happens when those creative instincts collide.
A Song For The Furbies
Jacob brought “Music For Furbies” to the sessions, drawing inspiration from his own collection of the famously unsettling toys.
The other members quickly developed the idea into a full band arrangement, turning an unlikely subject into one of the album’s early calling cards.
For a group featuring musicians with histories in Melvins and Butthole Surfers, perhaps the strangest part is that a Furby-inspired song doesn’t seem particularly out of place.
Immaculator will be available digitally, on CD and in several limited-edition vinyl variants through Ipecac Recordings.
“Music For Furbies” is available now.
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