Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by John Richards, host of The Morning Show on KEXP, is "Take Me to Your Leader (feat. Death Valley Girls)" by Acid Tongue, from the 2021 album Arboretum on Freakout Records. .
This past November, local chairmen of psych-rock Acid Tongue dropped their celebrated third record Arboretum. Their most fully-formed album to date, Arboretum is a joyful, intoxicating psychedelic glam rock opus that employs the many friendships Guy Keltner and Ian Cunningham have made in the music scene for a highly collaborative effort.
Our Song of the Day, “Take Me to Your Leader,” sees L.A.-based psych-garage group Death Valley Girls jump in for one of the most rousing tracks on the album. Furious and rollicking, the song blazes in with a message that essentially says, “If the country’s burning down, we might as well have fun while it lasts.” Something I can certainly get behind.
Watch the VHS-style, cult-themed video by CULT NUG below.
