It’s funny that I go to the doctor the least out of all my friends, yet I’m the healthiest. Coincidence, I think not. It’s always been my family’s belief that doctors give you diseases because if you were healthy, they’d be out of a job. Now while I might never trust doctors, I can say I’d put some faith into Western Medication, not the actual kind, the band. The band that hails from Nashville and considers their selves post punk, but what I call alt-indie, has a new album out this week called Painted World and I’m going to go ahead and give you the diagnosis on it.
“Big City” is a little less than a minute, but memorable for its high spirits and the way it reminds me of something you’d hear at Burning Man. That also goes with “Problems in DC.” It has a fun start and a good musical vibe the whole way through. Then there were a couple that were continuous jam sessions; “Interlude” and “Painted World.” While “Painted World” eventually busted out some hard to understand lyrics, the “Interlude” was just an instrumentation break. Why an EP needed an interlude, no clue.
So Western Medication might consider their music post punk, but when I took a look and listen I had to identify it as alternative rock with a hint of indie that fans of Silversun Pickups or Tiger High would enjoy. So if it sounds like your kind of band, get a prescription and check out Painted World, out January 29th on Jeffery Drag Records.
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