With 2004's release of Placebo's singles collection, the band reaffirmed that it has never quite fit into any particular fad. Their success has been gradual in the sense that their style and sound have progressed naturally with each album. Meds builds upon that notion while also embarking on a new phase for Placebo. Meds is their second coming. Frontman Brian Molko is no longer the glam-chic, gender-bending firestarter he once was. His songs are still angry and twisted in self-reflection and social rejection. Meds doesn't contain the rush to experiment like their previous records do. It's as bare and honest as Placebo have ever been, thanks to French producer Dimitri Tikovoi's straightforward approach in getting the band to make a bona fide ock record. There's a fresh vulnerability here and a sense of danger, too; the album's title track quickly enters this sphere. It's an obsessive moment confronting the social hypnosis and dependence of medication. The Kills' Alison Mosshart lends an anxious vocal backdrop as Placebo deliver an aggressive guitar-driven assault. Meds doesn't stop for breath until its end. Fans should be pleased with the menacing "Infra-Red" and the sexy ensnaring of "One of a Kind," two tracks that showcase Placebo's signature fiery performance style. When they're not deconstructing social expectations, Placebo's storytelling is equally powerful on the more lilting tracks. The shifty slow burn of "Space Monkey" is an epic allad for the band. Placebo step out of their skin here. A squall of fuzzed guitars, strings, and Molko's brooding vocals strike to knock down the celebrity pedestal that creates a false human image. "Broken Promise," a duet with Michael Stipe, takes similar shape as a dramatic tale of adultery unfolds into a dark, emotional storm. Letting go of toxic relationships on "Song to Say Goodbye," a melancholic closing to Meds, brings the album full circle. To some, Meds might come off as less interesting compared to the slickness of older tracks such as "Taste in Men" and "Every You Every Me." Some may be over Molko's constant analysis of sex, drugs, and desire. What you see is what you get with Placebo and, for the first time in a long time, that vision is clear. [The U.S. limited edition release includes a bonus DVD. Additional features include four previously unreleased audio tracks, their Wembley performance of "Twenty Years," a duet with the Cure on "If Only Tonight We Could Sleep" as well as bonus material from backstage at Live 8 and special studio footage.]
A catastrophic scenario is going on, planet collapse; a waterfall of sound, weep of high pitches and tensed wires screeching. A grudge that is not going to stop, not even in front of the apocalypse. Right before the point of no return, a promise: I'll be coming after you! Hollywood-style treath for a revenge apparently relying on technology in a future where everything has changed, transformed ...
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...there's gonna be an accident.From www.Placeboworld.co.uk:Placebo are back in the studio working on a new album! The band finished their last touring campaign in September of last year in the USA (on the Projekt Revolution tour with Linkin Park and My Chemical Romance). Since then the band have taken some much needed time out and over the past couple of months have been hard at work writing a...
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New Placebo video for their new single Follow The Cops Back Home. Whence the title and content? The band wondered what teenagers get up to in Iceland, which they visit regularly, as there is no police and barely any crime (from wiki). Slow-exploding video for a slow-burning song._The call to arms was never trueI’m medicated, how are you?Let’s take a dive, swim right throughSophisticated points
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my photos from the evening: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ginamarie/sets/72157622431941820/ So FINALLY... After loving a band for as long as I have known of them: Finally!!! I didn't want to talk too much about it online in the days beforehand, because that's what makes things NOT happen. I had tried to see Placebo a few times in the US, all efforts were tragic FAILS. The last time, the US concerts
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...go back to studying.The last six months or so that I've been hanging here in Mogland have been whilst I deferred my studies for a semester. Alas, as of next week it's time to get back (literally) to the drawing board.As I run my own business (about 50 hrs p.w), I think I'm going to have a hard time going to college (10 hrs) plus doing assignments (about another 10 hrs p.w) PLUS Mogging witho...
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Placebo have had to cancel the show tomorrow night (April 25th) in Sacramento, Harlows Night Club due to a recurrence of Brian Molko's bronchitis. It's unfortunately the second show Placebo have had to cancel on this tour through illness. Doctor has advised that Brian should be fit after a couple of days rest to play in Las Vegas on THursday (26th April) , Tempe, Marquee Theatre (27th April) an...
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I hate it. Randomly, yesterday, I start thinking about the guy I dated last summer. Out. Of. The Blue. Totally. Absolute surprise to be driving my car on backwoods CT roads to my favorite state beach for an early summer walk in the sand and pop! into my head flash thoughts of "S." I hadn't thought, well, shall I say, pondered, "S" in a long time. And I was liking that state of being. A lot. I h...
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A catastrophic scenario is going on, planet collapse; a waterfall of sound, weep of high pitches and tensed wires screeching. A grudge that is not going to stop, not even in front of the apocalypse. Right before the point of no return, a promise: I'll be coming after you! Hollywood-style treath for a revenge apparently relying on technology in a future where everything has changed, transformed ...
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Indie 103 in LA has been pumping Inra-Red for a while now and it got so embeded in my head during a recent trip there, I had to look up whose song it was. Surprised to discover it was Placebo, they'd never made much of an impression on me before. Love the "there's gonna be an accident" line, as well as the creepy stalker vibe. Copped the album on the strength of the single and was a little disa...
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Placebo have had to cancel the show tomorrow night (April 25th) in Sacramento, Harlows Night Club due to a recurrence of Brian Molko's bronchitis. It's unfortunately the second show Placebo have had to cancel on this tour through illness. Doctor has advised that Brian should be fit after a couple of days rest to play in Las Vegas on THursday (26th April) , Tempe, Marquee Theatre (27th April) an...
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