Archons is the story of Sled Dog, a rock band that has fallen from favor half a decade after the publication of their chart-topping single, Backfire. Following a chance encounter with rock icon and life-long hero Emerson Gilmore, Eric is willing to take another shot at success the way Emerson Gilmore did in the 1970s—out in the Canadian mountains with a guitar and a bag of hallucinogenic drugs.