Beyond the Boys’ Club, journalist and radio host Anne Erickson’s monthly column, focuses on women of the heavy music genre as they offer perspective on the music industry and discuss their personal experiences . Eriksson is also a music artist himself and has released a new EP, “Last Love,” with wings.Her new single is a little episode called trap-pop “Deal breaker.” The latest issue of Beyond the Boys’ Club features Acid King’s Lori S..
This year Acid King returned with their first new album after eight years, beyond vision, free now Via Blues Funeral Recordings. The new LP features the band’s signature stoner rock sound with bits and pieces of psychedelic and progressive music.
In support of the new album, Acid King will embark on a summer 2023 tour that will include tours in the US, Europe and South America.Tickets are available via the venue link on the website band’s websiteFeatured by StubHub website or conductor.
With the band formed in 1993, singer-guitarist Lori S. has insightful insights into the evolution of the female music scene over the past 30 years.for Serious consequencesOn the latest episode of “Beyond the Boys’ Club,” Lori S. talks about the new album, the evolution of the music industry, her experience as a woman in metal, and more.
you mentioned beyond vision is based on the journey of life. Can you elaborate?
When I was writing this, or when I had the idea for this record, I really wanted it to have a soundtrack feel to it, with no beginning and no end. You don’t necessarily choose where to play the song. I mean, of course you can. But the whole experience from start to finish is how it should be heard. And, when I was thinking about the record plan, everything that was going on in my life, and the pandemic hit, and everything that was going on in[co-writer and Black Cobra guitarist Jason Landrian’s]life, it ended up being. It ended up being like a journey. We sequenced the songs in a way that makes you feel like you’re taking off somewhere – kind of like how you feel on a plane, with a real calm in between. The exhilaration of takeoff, the calm when you get to 37,000 feet, and then, of course, the turbulence. Just, everything.