ACID KING – Middle Of Nowhere, Center Of Everywhere Album Streaming In Full

Acid King, pioneers of the San Francisco doom scene and one of the genre’s first bands to be helmed by a woman, return from their self-imposed 10-year recording hiatus on April 14th with the release of Middle Of Nowhere, Center Of Everywhere. A full album stream can be found below.

“We had several songs in the works over the years that we spent most of our time touring Europe but in between working our day jobs, we didn’t put the effort into recording,” explained singer/guitar player Lori S. “I really wanted to accelerate the process and get new music out. It’s time. This music that we’ve been playing for so long, that was initially obscure and underground, seemed to grow over these past 10 years and the timing was right to release this now!”

The artwork for Middle Of Nowhere, Center Of Everywhere was done by famed tattoo artist, Tim Lehi. Lehi has done cover art and posters for High on Fire, Earthless and Witch.

Middle Of Nowhere, Center Of Everywhere was recorded at both Sharkbite and Tiny Telephone Studios in San Francisco, mixed at Different Fur Studios and produced by Acid King and Billy Anderson. The digital release will be released independently via Acid King while physical copies, both CD and vinyl, will be available via Svart Records.

Album stream:

Acid King bubbled up from San Francisco in 1993 through a fog of revved up riffs, thunderous drums, and a hypnotic vocal howl. They unleashed three EPs and three full-length albums, starting with Zoroaster in 1995, the 1999 full-length Busse Woods, and their most recent release, Acid King III, coming in 2005. Their seismic chemistry transfixed audiences everywhere from high-profile festivals such as Hellfest and Roadburn to now iconic shows alongside peers such as Sleep and Mystick Krewe of Clearlight.

Tour dates:

April
24 – Berlin, Germany – Desert Fest
25 – Lisbon, Portugal – RCA Club
26 – London, UK – Desert Fest
27 – Brussels, Belgium – Magasin4
28 – Paris, France – Glazart
29 – Athens, Greece – Kyttaro Club

May
1 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Heavy Days in Doomtown Festival
2 – Osnabruck, Germany – Bastard Club
3 – Frankfurt, Germany – Zoom
4 – Munich, Germany – Krahnhalle
6 – Linz, Austria – Kapu
7 – Vienna, Austria – Viper Room
8 – Budapest, Hungary – Roham
9 – Innsbruck, Austria – PMK

June
20 – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel

* Dates from April 27 to May with Black Cobra

(Photo – Raymond Ahner)