TAKING MEDS
DIAL M FOR MEDS (RED & GREY SMASH VINYL) - LP

UPC: 762988540861
Label: SMARTPUNK
Format: LP
Release Date: September 1, 2023
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"Recorded with producer/engineer Kurt Ballou (The Armed, Joyce Manor, Code Orange), Dial M For Meds finds Sarkis, guitarist Ben Kotin, drummer Noah Linn, and bassist James Palko stuffing every song to the brim with enough earworm melodies to make Bob Mould and Evan Dando proud. The ten tracks are crisp and direct but also pack a punch, and Kotin’s inventive leads are sure to intrigue anyone looking for a new guitar hero. And through it all, Sarkis delivers cynical, hilarious, and deeply human commentary on spending your adulthood in a fickle subculture where you’re chasing the often intangible high of creative pursuits.

“There’s an inherent conflict to being in a band and wanting people to hear your music,” Sarkis laughs. “You’re doing a thing that probably has some authenticity, that’s tied to who you are, that you put a piece of yourself into and you find enriching creatively—but then you’re in this field where the fuel is basically the validation, the approval, the desire to get some reaction from other people. It can be a bit of a paradox. It’s understandable that people start pandering and lose the plot. Regardless, at the end of the day I think part of being a musician should be writing what you want to hear, and right now I want to hear well-written, catchy rock and roll."

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