Dream Prescription is a New York City band that draws on post-punk, new wave and synthpop to forge a unique electronic rock sound.

Formed in 2020, Dream Prescription took bold steps forward in their sound and vision in 2023-2024 as they expanded their live act to a full band and their subsequent shows were met with enthusiastic responses. Their 2023 singles received over 50k streams on Spotify and their 2024 singles saw over 70k streams. In the fall of 2024 the band began releasing a steady output of singles, beginning with ‘Think Of You’ in October and continuing with ‘Settle Down’ in December. ‘Settle Down’ was lauded by Earmilk as “riveting” and “thrilling”, Kaltblut as “innovative” and “exhilarating”, and We Found New Music as “emotional and cathartic”.

Dream Prescription is led by vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Tim Robert, whose career has included stints in writing and performing for rock theater and producing and DJing electronic dance music. Robert made stirs in the international EDM scene, being called “one of the USA’s brightest stars” by Release Promo DJ Pool and appearing at the prestigious Amsterdam Dance Event festival.

Tim has enlisted several creative collaborators for the Dream Prescription project, beginning with synthesist Kent Friedman. Prior to Dream Prescription, Robert and Friedman played several DJ gigs together and collaborated on dance music remixes. The band’s live lineup now includes bassist/vocalist David Leatherwood and drummer Adam Fischel, who both contributed to the recording of Settle Down, and keyboardist/vocalist Brittany Anjou.

Robert explains the project’s mission: “I want to write songs that are accessible but countercultural and wrestle with questions of what I want and what I dream of, and the challenges I face in making my desires a reality. I’m hopeful that the realization of those songs with my collaborators will result in a compelling rock/electronic hybrid style that will give our fans a feeling of catharsis.”

Dream Prescription played their first live show in March 2020 to a packed house at renowned NYC club Berlin Under A while simultaneously releasing their debut single Double Life. Undeterred by the ensuing lockdown, the band threw themselves into writing, live streaming and recording, and in October 2020 they released their 2nd single Never Giving Up On You and live streamed to a worldwide audience at the Mondo NYC festival.

The band returned to the live stage with a sold-out show at The Bowery Electric, NYC in May 2021 to celebrate the release of Wavelength, a 4-song EP confronting the dislocation and fragmentation of our time with songs powered by propulsive electronic grooves. This was followed by a series of well-received live shows and the release in October 2021 of Wavelength Remixes, a reimagining of their debut EP by four top-tier progressive house producers: Robert Babicz, Cid Inc., Marcelo Vasami and EANP.

In 2022, the band released 4 singles which together have seen over 40k streams on Spotify, while official videos for their 2022 tracks have over 17k views on YouTube. Their 2023 singles have notched nearly 50k streams, and their 2024 tracks have so far seen over 40k streams. The band has played at many well-respected NYC venues such as The Bowery Electric, Berlin Under A, TV Eye and more.

Why doesn’t the real world live up to the world of dreams? How can we know what we want in the face of the bizarre distortions of modern society? Dream Prescription drives headlong into these questions with electronic music for the future.