When Butcher Babies’ co-founding vocalist Carla Harvey revealed she’d left the group last summer, she noted that she was “not done making music and performing.” It’s now looking like 2025 could be a prolific year for the singer, with news arriving that she’s set to appear on the next album from long-running electronic music faction Lords of Acid.
News of Harvey’s team-up with the Belgian act arrived via the band’s manager Marc Jordan, who confirmed in a statement that “Carla is set to begin recording vocals for the new Lords Of Acid album this winter and will be joining the band on a 27 date US tour in June.”
While details are reasonably slim beyond that, Harvey also confirmed on her side of things that she’s been a huge fan of the band since her teenage days. She described the opportunity to work with them as a “bucket list” achievement.
“I had three favorite bands in high school: Guns N’ Roses, Pantera and Lords of Acid. Each one shaped me and uniquely influenced me as an artist. LOA had me hooked from the moment I heard ‘I Sit On Acid’ as a teenager dancing the night away at Detroit’s goth Industrial Haven City Club.
“My obsession with LOA only grew after I saw Coop’s artwork on the cover of [1994’s] Voodoo-U. Now I get to record an album and go on tour with my industrial heroes! Pinch 16-year-old me! She’ll be the one in the vocal booth. While my new band the Violent Hour is set to release its first single in February, I’m adding a bucket list item to my resume: Reigning ‘Acid Queen’. Praise the Lords!”
On top of the newly-announced collaborative work with Lords of Acid, Harvey has been posting updates on her developing the Violent Hour project over Instagram, from studio photos to more confirmation that their debut single is “coming shortly.”
In related news, Butcher Babies issued “Sincerity,” their first single since Harvey’s departure, last November.