Taking Meds announce new album, 'Dial M For Meds'

Taking Meds announce their new album, ‘Dial M For Meds’, out 1st September, featuring their single “Outside”, out now.

To mark the announcement, hyper-hooky new single, “Outside“, The new track arrives alongside its fittingly tongue-in-cheek music video and follows previous single, “Memory Lane“ (which will also appear on ‘Dial M For Meds’). Clocking in at just 2:22, “Outside” wastes no time in demonstrating the group’s mastery of big guitars and even bigger melodies, offering the perfect start to the summer of Taking Meds. “Outside” sees vocalist and guitarist Skylar Sarkis exploring the emptiness that comes from shallow pursuits through the lens of subcultural minutiae and one-upmanship. “There is human connection that exists beyond ‘what’s cool,’” he says. “But we expend a lot of effort trying to arrive there. It’s a component of subculture that seems much more outsized than it is–as if it’s going to satisfy some actual human need.”

Since forming in 2013, Taking Meds have often been a band that doesn’t neatly fit into any one category. Now on ‘Dial M For Meds’, the group have channeled all the inventiveness of their past work into the most direct and hook-driven songs they’ve ever written. The album manages to be instantly memorable and accessible while still having the teeth and eccentricity that longtime fans have come to expect from Taking Meds. Its ’90s-influenced sound makes for the perfect delivery system for vocalist/guitarist Skylar Sarkis’ lyrics which provide cynical, hilarious, and deeply human commentary on spending your adulthood chasing the often intangible high of creative pursuits. The result is one of the most incisive and satisfying rock albums of 2023.

Upcoming US Shows :

23rd July – BROOKLYN, NY – Meadows (with 7Seconds and Jivebomb)
30th August – HAMDEN, CT – Space Ballroom (with Smoking Popes and Future Teens)
3rd September – BOSTON, MA – Brighton Music Hall (with Smoking Popes and Future Teens)
6th September – MONTREAL, QC – Casa del Popolo (with Spite House)
7th September – ROCHESTER, NY – Bug Jar (Born Without Bones)
8th September – CLEVELAND, OH – Marshall’s (with Born Without Bones)
9th September – CHICAGO, IL – Beat Kitchen (with Born Without Bones)
10th September – DETROIT, MI – Lager House (with Born Without Bones)
24th September – BIRMINGHAM, AL – Furnace Fest
27th October – GAINESVILLE, FL – Fest