{"id":15702,"date":"2015-11-21T11:57:22","date_gmt":"2015-11-21T11:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=15702"},"modified":"2026-09-25T09:48:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T08:48:53","slug":"tim-muddiman-and-the-strange-your-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/11\/tim-muddiman-and-the-strange-your-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Muddiman and The Strange &#8211; &#8216;Your Drugs&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15703\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/11\/tim-muddiman-and-the-strange-your-drugs\/tim-muddiman-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Tim-Muddiman-4.jpeg?fit=3508%2C2339&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3508,2339\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Neil Faux&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tim Muddiman 4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Tim-Muddiman-4.jpeg?fit=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15703\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Tim-Muddiman-4.jpeg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tim Muddiman 4\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\"><\/figure><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Fresh from supporting Gary Numan at his sold out shows in LA and London, Tim Muddiman and the Strange are back with their new single, &#8216;Your Drugs&#8217;.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accompanied by a dark and somewhat sinister video, the listener is struck most of all by the&nbsp;refrain, &#8220;Put down your drugs, and swallow love&#8221;: the song however neither glamourises drugs as the title possibly suggests, nor is it sending a moral message to avoid drug use; instead, if there is a message at all, it is to allow your creativity to be heightened by natural means &#8211; allow love of people, art music&#8230;anything that fires the spirit to positive effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Written and produced by Tim Muddiman (who also co-directed the video with&nbsp;Adam Fitch), &#8216;Your Drugs&#8217; reflects Tim&#8217;s inspirations: Jim Jarmusch, David Lynch, modern culture, and the human spirit. &nbsp;Both song and video are in the third person, speaking to the human spirit: addicted to heightened senses; visuals, music, love, money, thrills, superiority, and divine freedom. The movement and dance in the video represent the spirits dancing in the fire of life: looking it straight in the eyes and setting that spirit free to live life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2015 has been a great year for Tim Muddiman and The Strange with the band releasing their third single. Their album, &#8216;Paradise Runs Deeper&#8217;, currently being produced by Tim, is set for release next March, with plans for a second album already underway. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can pre-order &#8216;Your Drugs&#8217; from <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/album\/your-drugs-hands-claws-single\/id1058838583\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>. 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