{"id":37881,"date":"2022-03-19T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-19T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=37881"},"modified":"2022-03-19T11:02:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-19T15:02:09","slug":"acid-punks-vr-sex-share-new-single-live-in-a-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=37881","title":{"rendered":"Acid Punks VR SEX share new single \u2018Live (In A Dream)\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The latest LP by from Andrew Clinco&#8217;s (Drab Majesty) alias\u00a0VR SEX takes its title from an architectural phrase but more importantly refers to the warped, wicked underworld the songs both chronicle and condemn. Donning the moniker\u00a0Noel Skum\u00a0\u2013 an acerbic anagram of Elon Musk \u2013 Clinco vents his scorn for and fascination with the seedy, surreal margins of low-life Los Angeles, doomed to dead ends of vanity, lust, and technology.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>VR SEX\u00a0have shared a visualizer and lyric video for the album\u2019s third single, <em>Live (In A Dream)<\/em>.  A dynamic and distinctive sensory experience, <em>Live (In A Dream)<\/em> is \u201c<em>a brief yet familiar story of delusion and destruction. The song is a tale of myopia while the video zooms out and observes the world and its both natural and man-made absurdities and atrocities,\u201d<\/em> comments\u00a0Skum. Watch the video clip for <em>Live (In A Dream)<\/em> via YouTube below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6Q7SrXeZryA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Although initially launched as an outlet for \u201cheavier sounds\u201d beyond Clinco\u2019s duties in new wave fantasists Drab Majesty,\u00a0VR SEX\u00a0has ripened into a compelling exercise in world building, weaving themes of gritty city neo- futurist sleaze within a framework of driving, distorted guitars and cathode-blasted synths.\u00a0\u2018Rough Dimension\u2019\u00a0is a bristling mix of the melodic and the macabre, absurdist observations of fast living and desperate measures, the clock of youth ticking towards midnight as dreams unravel in Babylon.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>VR SEX\u2019s specialty is making these cautionary tales of psychic decay and tainted love a thrill rather than a drag. There\u2019s a sunglasses at night glamor to Clinco\u2019s choruses and solos, a wit to his black leather judgements<em>.\u00a0<\/em>The music\u2019s milieu tends towards parasites and predators but its mood skews refreshingly accelerated and amused, cruising the strip with a cigarette, watching goths and limousines crawl in gridlock beneath digital billboards.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0FA71B6A-828B-4BEE-84B2-E2A18A34FFD7.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0FA71B6A-828B-4BEE-84B2-E2A18A34FFD7.jpeg?resize=500%2C500\" alt=\"VR SEX Rough Dimension artwork\" class=\"wp-image-37883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0FA71B6A-828B-4BEE-84B2-E2A18A34FFD7.jpeg?w=500 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0FA71B6A-828B-4BEE-84B2-E2A18A34FFD7.jpeg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0FA71B6A-828B-4BEE-84B2-E2A18A34FFD7.jpeg?resize=150%2C150 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018<strong>Rough Dimension\u2019 track list<\/strong><br>1.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/indiepublicity.cmail19.com\/t\/y-l-btjujz-itjldhidjy-u\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Victim Or Vixen<\/a><br>2. Glutton For Love<br>3. Cyber Crimes<br>4.\u00a0Live (In A Dream)<br>5.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/indiepublicity.cmail19.com\/t\/y-l-btjujz-itjldhidjy-b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Walk of Fame<\/a><br>6. Crisis Stage<br>7. Taste Of Hate<br>8. Snake Water<br>9. End Vision<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Rough Dimension\u2019 will be released\u00a0on March 25th, 2022\u00a0and\u00a0VR SEX\u00a0will be on tour in North America\u00a0from March 24 &#8211; April 30th.\u00a0 Check out tour dates listed below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>VR SEX tour dates<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3\/24\/2022&nbsp;San Diego, CA The Casbah %<br>3\/25\/2022&nbsp;Los Angeles, CA Zebulon %<br>3\/26\/2022&nbsp;Oakland, CA Elbo Room Jack London %<br>3\/28\/2022&nbsp;Seattle, WA Barboza %<br>3\/30\/2022&nbsp;Vancouver, BC The Fox Cabaret %<br>3\/31\/2022&nbsp;Portland, OR Mississippi Studios %<br>4\/1\/2022&nbsp;Boise, ID Neurolux %<br>4\/2\/2022&nbsp;Reno, NV Holland Project %<br>4\/8\/2022&nbsp;Phoenix, AZ Valley Bar<br>4\/9\/2022&nbsp;Tucson, AZ Club Congress<br>4\/11\/2022&nbsp;Austin, TX Hotel Vegas #<br>4\/12\/2022&nbsp;Dallas, TX Cheap Steaks #<br>4\/13\/2022&nbsp;Houston, TX Secret Group #<br>4\/14\/2022&nbsp;New Orleans, LA Santos #<br>4\/15\/2022&nbsp;Atlanta, GA The Earl #<br>4\/16\/2022&nbsp;Nashville, TN The End #<br>4\/18\/2022&nbsp;Washington, DC DC9 $<br>4\/20\/2022&nbsp;Philadelphia, PA PhilaMOCA $<br>4\/22\/2022&nbsp;Brooklyn, NY Saint Vitus $<br>4\/23\/2022&nbsp;Cambridge, MA Middle East (Upstairs) $<br>4\/24\/2022&nbsp;Montreal, QB L&#8217;esco<br>4\/25\/2022&nbsp;Toronto, ON The Monarch<br>4\/26\/2022&nbsp;Detroit, MI UFO Factory $<br>4\/27\/2022&nbsp;Chicago, IL The Empty Bottle $<br>4\/29\/2022&nbsp;Denver, CO Hi Dive $<br>4\/30\/2022&nbsp;Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge $<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>% with Marbled Eye<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p># with The Serfs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>$ with Lunacy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The latest LP by from Andrew Clinco&#8217;s (Drab Majesty) alias\u00a0VR SEX takes its title from an architectural phrase but more importantly refers to the warped, <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=37881\" title=\"Acid Punks VR SEX share new single \u2018Live (In A 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