CD REVIEW: BREAKING THE MODEL by NEW MEDICINE

BREAKING THE MODEL by New Medicine
(Imagen Records)

Minneapolis, Minnesota  base melodic hard rockers New Medicine return with their highly anticipated sophomore release, 'Breaking The Model'. Jake (vocals,guitar), Dan Garland (guitar), Kyle Leblanc (bass, vocals) and Dylan Wood (drums). The new album sees the band continuing the flow and feel of their debut, 'Race You To The Bottom' with a nice mix of radio ready songs and others that while they may not be heard on radio do still complete the album nicely. The title tracks kicks the album off with it's anthem rock meets reggae vibe. "Desire Into Gold" and "One To Many" are two energized rockers that are guaranteed to get your blood pumping. What makes New Medicine music refreshing is it's variety. There is the melodic gem, "All About Me", that has radio hit written all over it. While the party rocking anthem, "World Class F··K Up", begs to be cranked up the maximum volume! All 11 tracks offered up here are solid.  It's rare these days for a band to put out good albums for their first two efforts so I was happy to see that there was no sophomore slump here.  There are a lot of bands in this genre that are well established putting out albums that completely stink. So considering most new bands tend to flop with their follow up, I'd say New Medicine has done the opposite. I look forward to future albums from this band. Bottom line is, if you liked their debut album then you'll definitely love this one! - Highly Recommended
Tony @ The Dedicated Rocker Society/All Access Magazine