Gus Englehorn‘s latest single, “Metal Detector,” is available today across all platforms. Accompanied by an evocative music video directed by Estée Preda, “Metal Detector” is a spellbinding exploration of Englehorn’s singular vision, melding doom-folk intensity with absurdist storytelling.
Drawing inspiration from a friend’s tipsy late-night conversation with a talking shrub in Portland (yes, you read that right), Englehorn has crafted a hypnotic tale of chaotic beauty. “This one is pretty dada,” Englehorn explains, “but I imagine someone trying to play metal in their garage and one of their neighbors busting in the door and unplugging the amps.” Adding to the song’s eerie, dreamlike quality is the spoken-word cameo from Butthole Surfers guitarist and legendary producer Paul Leary, who also mixed the album. Englehorn, a lifelong fan, recounts how the collaboration came to life: “In the ’90s, I was standing outside a Sam Goody in Alaska and heard ‘Pepper’ for the first time—I was blown away. Working with Paul was like a dream come true.”
