Pitchfork

You've been warned against the brown acid time and again, but the Black Acid? Gobble that one down and, brother, you've got yourself a real trip on your hands. You'll see visions of Richard Fearless of Death in Vegas, be tormented by haunting, echoey voices that sound eerily like that of Oliver Ackermann of A Place to Bury Strangers, and find yourself dragged through the darkest recesses of your soul by Doug Marvin of Dirty on Purpose. When it's all over, you may just be in possession of a newly blown mind.

Black Acid may not be an ingestible commodity, but boy oh boy is it a potent mixture indeed. Combining the face-melting capabilities of bandleader Fearless with those of Ackermann, Marvin, and Nymph's Matty McDermott, the troupe has prepared an LP for release before the summer.

The band's Fearless leader will take Marvin and a ragtag bunch of Acid-heads on the road next month for a Black Acid tour sans Ackermann, who's all over the record but has this other band to attend to.

Death in Vegas freaks, no need to freak: Fearless and his DIV compatriot Tim Holmes are spending this year concentrating on solo projects before heading back to the Strip for some carnage.

Black Acid trip:

02-05 Glasgow, Scotland – King Tut's
02-06 Manchester, England – Academy 3
02-07 Dublin, Ireland – Crawdaddy
02-08 Paris, France – Nouveau Casino
02-09 Barcelona, Spain – Razzmatazz
02-11 Brighton, England – Engine Room
02-12 London, Engand - Luminaire