Pre-Med - Medication Time

Psychedelic rock cut with surgical precision

Former Bedouin and Starfield vocalist Danny Faulkner has been working on his latest project, Pre-Med, since 2004. He has been working alongside guitarist Lewis Turner (now departed for pastures new) and bassist/producer Alan Davey. They, in turn, have enjoyed assistance from drummer Danny Thompson (son of the Pentangle double-bass player) and one-time Landmarq keyboardist Steve Leigh. Medication Time has previously been made available for promotional purposes under the title Invisible Spies, but it gets its first commercial release here. Pre-Med are drum- and bass-led purveyors of highly tuneful and immediately accessible Space Rock, and are travelling at the ‘speed’ of light. In fact, they like to hint that there’s quite a bit of substance in their playing. Once Upon A Line is a bright, sparkly and slightly new-age piece overlaid with Faulkner’s vaguely Jaz Coleman-like vocals, Up All Night a pounding and grinding thrash, and Medication Time has urgent guitars peppered with some electronic backgrounds. With another album in the pipeline, though no sign of live dates at the time of writing, Pre-Med sound like they certainly have some mileage in them. On the basis of this release, they shouldn’t be reserved for medicinal purposes only.

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Reviewed by Ian Abrahams
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