MEDICINE RELEASE NEW TRACK ‘IT’S NOT ENOUGH’
TAKEN FROM THEIR FORTHCOMING ALBUM ‘FOR THE HAPPY FEW’, THEIR FIRST NEW MATERIAL IN 18 YEARS, RELEASED 5 AUGUST ON CAPTURED TRACKS
“I’ve been a Medicine fan for a long long time – so much so that Brad graciously allowed me to use a chunk of his laserlike guitar on one of my previous albums. It’s great to have Medicine back again!” Dan Snaith, Caribou
Today Medicine share their latest single, “It’s Not Enough”, from their forthcoming album To the Happy Few. blissfully harmony-kissed psych-pop, “It’s Not Enough” is a melodic exercise of tenacious percussion and swirling guitars. The result is an infectious rhythm where you’ll find yourself agreeing with Brad Laner and Beth Thompson as they repeatedly declare it’s not enough, and duly hitting the repeat button.
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Eighteen years after they called it quits as a working band, 2013 finds the original members of Medicine reunited and proudly offering a newly recorded LP on Captured Tracks. To The Happy Few is the sound of a highly inspired group reclaiming its creative legacy, thoroughly immersed in the practice of mixing harsh noise with obsessive melodic detail and heavily groovy rocking. Returning is the core trio of lead singer/ chanteuse Beth Thompson, guitarist / vocalist Brad Laner, and drummer Jim Goodall, the same team which created the still vital, influential and controversial LPs “Shot Forth Self Living” (1992) , “The Buried Life” (1993) and “Her Highness” (1995) as well as a stand-out appearance in the 1994 film “The Crow”.
As it happens, it’s really all the fault of Captured Tracks. In 2012 C/T pulled off the seemingly impossible and secured the rights to reissue the aforementioned two original Medicine LPs in loving and expanded fashion. This was a rather emotional moment for the original band members. So much so that upon meeting up at Brad’s home studio in May 2012 for the first time since 1995 in order to divide up the vinyl goodies and ultra-limited box sets, the trio laid down the basic track for what became the final song on the new LP. Emboldened by the natural ease with which they slipped back into Medicine mode, the trio spent the remainder of the year leisurely recording the new LP and enjoying each other’s company far removed from the stress and turmoil of their original early 90’s run. The resulting LP is not your parent’s Shoegaze record. The sonic palette and the hands, feet and mouths that utilize it may be the same, but the end result more subtly reflects the amassed life experiences and refined aesthetics of three mature artists only just now approaching the peak of their powers.
To The Happy Few Tracklisting
1. Long As The Sun
2. It’s Not Enough
3. Burn It
4. Holy Crimes
5. The End Of The Line
6. Butterfly’s Out Tonight
7. All You Need To Know
8. Find Me Always
9. Pull The Trigger
10. Daylight
