New Medicines

Dead Poetic | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 6, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Solid State Records
• ASIN: B0001LYGRQ
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #81,284 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #87 in Music > Christian > Hard Rock & Metal

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars New Medicines gives 20cc's of Life to Dead Poetic, June 30, 2004

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Manythings "manythings711" (NYC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New Medicines (Audio CD)

Dead Poetics debut record, 4 wall black mail, was a solid effort. While it may take them another record or two to bring some real solid originality to the music scene, they are definetly improving and New Medicines is already a step in the right direction. This time the albums theme is more focused and the songs flow really well together. It was natural for the screaming to be pushed aside for more of the beautiful singing voices this band eluded too on their first record.

The lyrics also have improved and feel less derivative and vague. Some of the best lines can be found in the very first track, taste the red hands. "There is a grocery of dirty words for people just like you, but only for people like you. I'll recite the words, backstabbers, and money whores, and dirty rotten millionares, always wanting more."

Words like these truly make one wonder how dead the poet really is in this band. It seems very much alive to me. Musically the variation from one song to the next, again has drastically improved. Songs no longer mesh into a guitar riff blur after the first 5 tracks. The only thing this album truly lacks is an epic ending, a problem also found on the first record.

At this pace Dead Poetic is definetly headed for a masterful third record. They may get lost in the mix of screaming/singing hard rock bands, but if you take a chance on them, you'll add a great cd to your collection. They are not emo, they don't have sad pathetic whiney lyrics. They are a modern rock band with emo influences, but without the cheesy lyrics.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Don't listen to the crybaby critics....., May 15, 2004

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Benjamin Reaves "www.thisnewrepublic.com" (Simpsonville, S.C. United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New Medicines (Audio CD)

Dead Poetic is a Christian band. As Christian artists one relys upon the leading of God when writing new music. Okay, now forget that Dead Poetic is a Christian band for a minute. When writing music it is natural over time that an artist would progress in their songwriting ability and technic. Who is to say that that technic is wrong or "selling out"....obviously the people who thought the band was supposed to keep writing the same music for the rest of their life. That would be exciting now wouldn't it. The music world would just be a great thing now wouldn't it. It's a shame that the 1% of nonmusical people who get a rise out of bashing artists because they write WHAT THEY FEEL don't have the final say so HUH?

With that said....this album is a step forward for Dead Poetic. The songwriting is more complex, and the lyrics are just as good as on the last album....if not better.

I encourage you not to listen to the naysayers, and give this album a shot. If you are a true supporter of Dead Poetic, then you will like it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Cd, March 18, 2005

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Rev Rox (Shreveport.La) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New Medicines (Audio CD)

this one is better than Four Wall Blackmail you need to check it out now