If you’ve been keeping score, this whole RY X is-he-or-isn’t-he-also-The-Acid thing has been settled, and it’s a “no shit” yes. That shorn, dispassionate half-plea of a voice can only belong to Ry Cuming, the Aussie whose career is rebounding after some thoroughly terrible major-label singer-songwriter John Mayer shit. On his way: last year saw The Acid drop a fantastic self-titled EP, and now for something completely different:
Dispassionate, like I said, but this is damn near masochistic. There are more than a few parallels to NIN’s 1994 career opus “Closer”, with Ry X’s breathy whisper ripping across skin as considerately as a duct tape band-aid. Industrial grade, minimal and abrasive like a drop of ipecac.
“Creeper” is a new single from The Acid’s just-announced debut LP (artwork above), Liminal, which drops June 2nd. Preorder here and get a download of “Creeper” today »
