Taking Meds drop new single Outside from upcoming album Dial M For Meds

New York quartet Taking Meds have announced a brand-new album, Dial M For Meds.

The Kurt Ballou-produced record is due out on September 1 via Smartpunk, and according to vocalist/guitarist Skylar Sarkis much of this new material is “about chasing these things that you can’t ever really attain, trying to fill a hole that can’t be filled.

“I think at one point nostalgia really fuelled a lot of my addiction – trying to get back to a feeling that you can’t get back to.”

Meanwhile Skylar reveals of the newly-released single Outside: “There is human connection that exists beyond ‘what’s cool’. But we expend a lot of effort trying to arrive there. It’s a component of subculture that seems much more outsized than it is – as if it’s going to satisfy some actual human need.”

Watch the video for Outside below:

Catch Taking Meds live at the following dates in the next few months:

July

23 Brooklyn, NY – Meadows w/ 7Seconds and Jivebomb

August

30 Hamden, CT – Space Ballroom w/ Smoking Popes and Future Teens

September

3 Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall w/ Smoking Popes and Future Teens
6 Montreal, QC – Casa del Popolo w/ Spite House
7 Rochester, NY – Bug Jar w/ Born Without Bones
8 Cleveland, OH – Mahall’s w/ Born Without Bones
9 Chicago, IL – Beat Kitchen w/ Born Without Bones
10 Detroit, MI – Lager House w/ Born Without Bones
24 Birmingham, AL – Furnace Fest

October

27 Gainesville, FL – Fest

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