This song feels like the epilogue of a Final Fantasy game, with the quieter and reflective parts representing a hero’s journey coming to an end and the more aggressive notes being some final boss that is about to be vanquished. Acid King have an almost unique ability to make some of their songs sound like birth and death. Once I was ‘ready’ to listen, the dense terrain/moods of Acid King began to flow, like molten hot lava, with fire and purpose. I was both transfixed by what I was hearing and emotionally unavailable to truly process the genius songwriting that was coming at me in no uncertain volume. Just seconds in on my first attempt, my musical gut was alerting me to the idea that this album was going to consume. Let’s plunge deep into each of the songs now. You think this trip is supposed to go one way, but it goes in very different ways that you can never imagine.”Īlready a classic, and the ‘paint’ of this beautiful masterpiece is still wet. “Jason and I were having these heavy pandemic conversations at the practice space for two years, talking about all the stuff you go through being in bands, touring, your relationships in life, all that stuff. “Beyond Vision is based on the journey of life,” Lori S says. “Beyond Vision is based on the journey of life.” Artwork: Maarten Donders The consistency of the work and the timeless nature of it put Acid King in the realm of being the Pink Floyd of doom. The best way to explain that would be like playing the Final Fantasy RPG series right from the beginning on Nintendo’s NES and now playing FFXIV on PS5.īeyond Vision is an immersive experience of sound that rivals the visual journey of the best quest video games out there. Now having said all that, the folks that have been with this band for a good little while will be able to savour Beyond Vision more than someone to who this album might be the introduction to the band. That album was solid as hell, but in no way could I have predicted that over 20 years later, they would not only still be around but produce an album that is their most emotionally consuming and sonically dense in their 30-year history. I stumbled upon their second release, Busse Woods, when, like so many others, I was completely consumed by the short-lived label Man’s Ruin. Acid King – Beyond Vision (Blues Funeral Recordings) While the dissonant rumblings of the Palm Desert are now seen as ground zero for the whole stoner/desert/doom scene, Acid King, out of San Francisco, began its ascent into this musical world quietly and slowly the very same year.
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