Medications - Completely Removed

* A fine album of catchy thinking-man's post-hardcore guitar pop from D.C. trio Medications, favourably compared in the U.S. music press to the likes of Shudder To Think, King Crimson, XTC, Pinback and Q And Not U.

* Devin Ocampo and Chad Molter have been musical partners, swapping instruments and bands, since their high school days in Los Angeles. Both eventually migrated east to Washington, DC where they formed the highly influential Faraquet in the late 1990s and were again reunited when they formed Medications in 2003.

* The recording of the new Medications album, Completely Removed, documents a new phase for the band with Chad and Devin covering all the writing and most of the instrumental duties following the departure of drummer Andrew Becker. Happily both are accomplished multi-instrumentalists and are joined live and in the studio by long-time friend and musical swingman Mark Cisneros to flesh out the arrangements.

* Not surprisingly Completely Removed represents a bit of a departure from the band's signature off kilter rockers. This is not to say they have lost their edge. In fact, the new material dives headlong into new musical territory with thrilling results.

* TRACKLIST: 1) For WMF 2) Long Day 3) Seasons 4) We Could Be Others 5) Rising To Sleep 6) Brasil ‘07 7) Kilometres And Smiles 8) Country Air 9) Home Is Where We Are 10) Postcards 11) Tame On The Prowl

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