Lords of Acid has released “Dream Boy,” its second single of 2026, featuring vocalist Carla Harvey, formerly of Butcher Babies. The track is described by the group as “a dark trip through the streets of Necropolis, where addiction feels like salvation and nightmares wear a beautiful disguise.”
The band elaborated: “‘Dream Boy’ isn’t about judging addiction. It’s about understanding the pain, loneliness and emptiness that drive people toward it in the first place. We wanted the verses to feel raw and claustrophobic, almost like a panic attack, while the reggae-inspired chorus drifts like a hallucination you never want to wake up from. The line ‘Dream boy, keep on floating in the sun’ sounds warm and beautiful at first, until you realize it’s about somebody slowly disappearing in plain sight. It is one of the darkest songs we have ever written, but underneath the shadows there’s still a message of human connection, desire and the search for a real high that doesn’t destroy you.”
“Dream Boy” follows “Karaoke Superstar,” a tongue-in-cheek collaboration with U.S. vocalist and DJ Princess Superstar that put Lords of Acid in theatrical mode over a hypersexual, neon-drenched industrial acid dance anthem. Both tracks are set to appear on the group’s long-awaited seventh studio album, due in late 2026, which will feature Harvey‘s vocals alongside other guest singers.
Harvey joined Lords of Acid in early 2025 after her run with metal outfit Butcher Babies. Formed in Antwerp, Belgium in 1988, Lords of Acid debuted with the New Beat single “I Sit On Acid” and followed it with their 1991 debut album Lust — the start of a catalog that made them a fixture on the Billboard dance and alternative charts. The band is currently midway through their “Cheeky Freaky Tour” of the U.S., which runs through the end of May.
