Mood-elevating psych-garage lifer Brother JT has joined the Thrill Jockey roster and will be releasing his new long player, The Svelteness of Boogietude, May 14. (There will not be a better album title this year; bank on it.) You can check out a track from Boogietude—"Celebrate Your Face"—after the jump. But first, feast your senses on Brother JT's hallucinogenic talk show Trippin' Balls, featuring musician/space case Twig Harper. If you thought The Late Late Show With Tom Snyder was far out, brace yourself for the absurdity banquet that is Trippin' Balls.

Bonus: Thrill Jockey' s provided an illuminating interview with Brother JT (aka John Terlesky, former leader of the Original Sins) after the jump.

JT: You're 50, musically anachronistic and none too pleasant to look at. How the heck did you get on Thrill Jockey?

BJT: I'd be happy to tell you about my latest creative pursuits, thanks for asking! Working on my third volume of semi-automatic writing: a children's book called "Nob Jonni and the Girl From Space". There's a good deal of poisonings and bowel movements in this one. Hope to do some more episodes of my internet talk show, "Trippin' Balls" where we talk about the acid rock sometimes. Recently directed/starred-in my latest video production, "Crocker and Gooch: P.U.D.", a buddy-cop yarn involving a coke sting gone hilariously wrong. Pleased to note that the Brother JT composition "Goin' Off" will be used in the forthcoming Annabella Sciorra thriller, "The Maid's Room". And then there's my painting, my macrame work...

JT: But...

BJT: Well, I placed a magic spell on them [hearty laughter]. But seriously, Drag City, Birdman, Drunken Fish, Siltbreeze, and now Thrill Jockey— I guess my music resonates with these folks, god bless'em. That and the black magic, as I mentioned before.

JT: The new album is titled "The Svelteness of Boogietude". What does that even mean?

BJT: That was a quote from a book [BLACK JOURNAL] dictated to me by what I consider spirits from another dimension. I sense what they meant was concerning the smoothness of feeling when one is 'in the groove', musically or otherwise. Like after I have a good show I love the way my pants hug my legs as I walk with a carefree air from the club to my car—that might be an example of 'Svelteness', I think. Or that zone you can get into while eating salt n' vinegar almonds.

JT: Fascinating. For those unfamiliar with your music, are there any comparisons you could make to other artists, just as a frame of reference?

BJT: Well, every song is kind of different. With "Gliding" I was thinking about what Buddy Holly might have sounded like if he'd made it to 1968 or so. "T. Rex Blues" is self-explanatory. Bowie, Pharoah Sanders, Nina Simone, Flipper, it all sort of gets mashed together. I wish I could say we sounded like Tame Impala or the Black Keys or something and be done with it, but we just don't. Well, maybe the Black Keys if you listen to them with cotton in your ears and on heavy pain medication. Or like Crazy Horse if they got dosed and thought they were Funkadelic.

JT: What is Brother JT like live?

BJT: I definitely feel like we're much better live than we are in person [much laughter]. No, but it's a whole different ballgame, especially if the drinks are cheap or free. Free can be bad news, actually. Everything I do is based on the garage ethic, that is, the shortest distance between two points. When I cook, it's garage. When I love, it's garage. Three chords until they say 'uncle'. So, live it's hopefully like you put the record on the turntable, then douse it with gasoline and set it on fire, and maybe some live badgers are involved, and by the end of the night you have to hose the place down because it smells like burned plastic.

JT: Very impressive. So what does 2013 hold for Brother JT?

BJT: Rest assured, I plan to fire off all of my weapons into the air in hopes of bringing down the Big One, Allah be praised. Of course, I'm joking, there will be no actual gunfire. But some touring, I hope.