Earlier this 12 months, the NYC-via-Rochester band Taking Meds impressed us with their single “Reminiscence Lane.” Taking Meds’ sound sits on the intersection of emo and pop-punk, and there’s a gruff, worldly high quality to their music that remembers OGs like Jawbreaker and Scorching Water Music. Because it seems, “Reminiscence Lane” was the primary style of Dial M For Meds, a brand new Taking Meds album that’s coming in September. At present, we get the album particulars, in addition to one other new observe.

Taking Meds recorded Dial M For Meds with Converge’s Kurt Ballou, who additionally produced their earlier LP, 2021’s Horrible Information From Great Males. “Exterior,” the band’s new track, is an energized churn about feeling disconnected from the bizarre dominance video games that may occur inside subcultures: “That steel neck guitar/ That price greater than my automobile/ She’s dancing with the celebrities/ Enjoying pop punk in a bar.”

In a press launch, Taking Meds frontman Skylar Sarkis says, “There’s human connection that exists past ‘what’s cool.’ However we expend a number of effort attempting to reach there. It’s a element of subculture that appears rather more outsized than it’s — as if it’s going to fulfill some precise human want.” Beneath, take a look at the “Exterior” video, the Dial M For Meds tracklist, and Taking Meds’ up coming tour dates, together with reveals with bands like 7 Seconds and the Smoking Popes.

TRACKLIST:
01 “Reminiscence Lane”
02 “Exterior”
03 “Aftertaste”
04 “Life Help”
05 “Lengthy Tooth”
06 “One thing Increased”
07 “Wading Out”
08 “The Different Finish”
09 “Kindness”
10 “See The Clowns”

TOUR DATES:
7/23 – Brooklyn, NY @ Meadows #
8/30 – Hamden, CT @ Area Ballroom *
9/03 – Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Corridor *
9/06 – Montreal, QC @ Casa del Popolo
9/07 – Rochester, NY @ Bug Jar ^
9/08 – Cleveland, OH @ Mahall’s ^
9/09 – Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen ^
9/10 – Detroit, MI @ Lager Home ^
9/24 – Birmingham, AL @ Furnace Fest
10/27 – Gainesville, FL @ The Fest

# with 7 Seconds & Jivebomb
* with Smoking Popes
^ with Born With out Bones

Dial M For Meds is out 9/1 on Smartpunk Data.