Newest Jeffery Drag Records Signee Gears Up For Debut EP; Features Members of Bad Cop & Useless Eaters
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Nashville indie rock label Jeffery Drag Records is proud to announce the details for the first release from new signing Western Medication. From their association with Jeffery Drag alone, one might imagine the band having a southern-fried garage rock aesthetic similar to other JDR signees, such as Natural Child, Turbo Fruits, or Bad Cop. However, Western Medication is actually a melodic post-punk outfit that channels a tasty mix of early Joy Division, Wire, and British new wave circa 1985. Their debut 7" EP, The Painted World, is set for release on January 29th, 2013, and promises to be one of JDR's most compelling releases.
As the brainchild of Nashvillian punk Justin Landis, Western Medication was created as, "the remedy against the epidemic of uninspired rock that has been pumped out for years." After his Chinese acupuncturist sternly warned him, "No more Western medicine!", Justin rounded up frontman Adam Anyone and drummer Danger of Bad Cop, and keyboardist Alycia Wahn of Useless Eaters to create music that is aggressive, dark, and beautiful all blended together. With The Painted World on the horizon, Western Medication is already working on their follow-up project with the help of Cage the Elephant's Lincoln Parish.
The first offering from Western Medication's 7" EP is a song entitled "Big City." Clocking in at about a minute long, the song packs frenzied amounts of energy into a short, guitar-fueled ride. It encompasses the emotions that an isolated, small-town farmer would probably feel if he were dropped in the middle of Times Square. Fast-paced and unrelenting, "Big City" once again proves the old adage of quality over quantity.
Please contact Gavin or Dory if interested in talking with Western Medication.
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Western Medication formed in December 2011 in Nashville, TN. After sticking Justin Landis with hundreds of acupuncture needles, his doctor warned him in a thick Chinese accent, "No more western meds!" A decade of masking symptoms and playing in Nashville's punk scene had brought Landis to a tipping point. He flushed his ailments sans deductibles, made a rhythm section out of Bad Cop's Adam Moult and Kevin Kilpatrick, and Alycia Wahn from Useless Eaters, and molded a refreshing southern take on post-punk. It's the coolness of Wire with the veracity of The Damned, the pulse of Joy Division with the ethereal guitars of the Jesus and Mary Chain. Western Medication will release The Painted World, their debut 7" record, via Jeffery Drag Records on January 29th, 2013.
Jeffery Drag Records was formed in early 2009 by Adam Moult, frontman of Nashville based band Bad Cop. The label was originally founded to release limited pressings of cassettes and vinyl for Bad Cop and other various acts including The Hussy, Pujol, and Little Viking. In 2011, Bad Cop bass player Mike Gicz joined the Jeffery Drag team, overseeing cassette releases from Ranch Ghost, Electric Dollhouse Groovebuggy, and Majestico. The third and final member of Jeffery Drag is R.J. Jennings. The label has grown tremendously, adding Natural Child, Useless Eaters, and Ghost Dance to the roster. Jeffery Drag Records is continuing to grow on a daily basis and has quickly become a name brand for groundbreaking rock and roll music in Nashville and across the country.
