Following up on their critically acclaimed debut-EP from 2009, N.E.D. releases their first full-length recording, Six Degrees, on June 21, 2011. Produced by Mario McNulty, the cd showcases a number of musical styles, including driving electric rock heavy on guitars and hard-hitting rhythms, to a more acoustic bluegrass-inflected sound with subtle shades of mandolin, to R & B with funky bass lines and sizzling electric guitar grooves. With the addition of strings on several songs, the overall unique musicality of N.E.D. comes together. The band's acronym N.E.D., which stands for No Evidence of Disease, introduces a deeper, more substantive influence on the band's music, for each of the six band members are also practicing gynecologic oncologists. As physicians, they treat diseases that affect some 90,000 women each year and that result in 30,000 deaths annually. Six Degrees simultaneously solidifies the band's musicianship (Oregon Music News s...