Medal - Drop Your Weapon (1999) Mp3 320kbps

The band grew out of earlier band The Daisies, who had been active since the early 1990s and released the album "Kowloon House" in the US on Capitol Records and the single "If I Was Barry White" in 1996 on Regal Recordings in the UK. They also toured the US in 1995 supporting fellow Oxford band Supergrass.[1] The Daisies line-up of Jamie Hyatt (vocals, guitar), Mark Willis (guitar), Daniel Kemp (bass), and Simon Wickson (drums) were joined by keyboard player Richard Brincklow and the band became Medal and signed to Polydor Records.[2] Early singles "Ordinary", "Possibility", and "Up Here For Hours" received a lot of airplay on BBC Radio 1, and saw the band compared to The Verve.[2] The band's debut album, Drop Your Weapon, was released in June 1999 (on A&M in the United States), and support slots with label mates Cast, The Bluetones and The Dandy Warhols followed.[2] The album prompted the description "Indescribably complicated and bewilderingly pretentious and that's only the cover" from the NME, who compared the album to Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon.[3] After the Porno Song EP on Polydor, Kemp left the band (replaced eventually by former Fuzzgun bassist Ollie) and they were also dropped by Polydor, prompting them to set up their own El Producto label.[4][5] After two singles, the band issued their second album, Stuntman, in 2001.[2] The band split up soon after, without touring the album or any official announcement.

Medal – Drop Your Weapon
Label: Polydor – 559902-2
Format: CD, Album
Country: UK
Released: 1999
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock
Tracklist:
1 Is Your Soul In Your Head 6:10
2 Up Here For Hours 3:51
3 Monkey Man 3:40
4 Outside 4:07
5 Visit Your Local Taxiderm 2:52
6 Possibility 4:18
7 Poncenby Smithe 4:55
8 Porno Song 4:54
9 El Producto 4:32
10 Getting Up 10:18