Advantages: the song - 'Because I want you'. and a collaboration with Michael Stipe (R.E.M) Disadvantages: Some really boring songs.
Meds marks the return, or the 'comeback' if you like of these grungy funky trio, otherwise known as Placebo. Fronted by Brian Molko.
This features a brand new collection of tortured tunes, doing what they do best, their first full stucio album in three years.
Although i feel their showcasing much more of a paied-down sound, the band seemed to have redirected their focus back to the raw rock of their earlier days. I especially like one of their 'ballad' types - 'Broken Promise' - which features R.E.M's Michael Stipe, which conveys the haunting atmosphere the band seem to have set out to conjure.
Meds was made with French producer Dimitri Tikovoi (Trash Palace), who made the band strip back their sound, doing away with studio trickery and taking Placebo back to their early indie-rock roots.
1. Meds - title track, nice intro ...
burnt_out 26.03.2006 (27.03.2006)
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Advantages: A few new killer anthems! Disadvantages: Some of the songs lack much needed magic!
It's no secret that I'm a massive Placebo fan. After first hearing the striking guitar riffs and solid drum beats from 'The Bitter End' I was instantly hooked. After buying the brilliant 'Sleeping With Ghosts', I ventured onto their older records and found that, although all of them were amazing, I was the most taken with 'Without You I'm Nothing', a blend of sordid ballads and haunted memories, it was described as the 'difficult' second album by the alternative heroes.
So, when I first heard that Meds was to be released, I was intrigued to hear what the new album was to sound like. Each and every time the band release a new album, the claim that it is 'the album they have always wanted to make' and Meds was to be no exception.
In an interview with Zero magazine just as 'Meds' was due to be released, lead singer and guitarist Brian ...
Advantages: Another magnificent effort from Placebo. Disadvantages: Some of the tracks lose the aggressiveness they had on the demos.
For the past 10 years, Placebo have been one of the main rock bands that this country have produced. Coming off the back off Britpop, their first album included a strong, exciting set of songs on sex, drugs, and, well, more sex. Throughout the years, admittedly, they have kind of stayed on the same lines.
Which isn't necessarily a bad thing. They have written some of the most memorable dark pop that this country has seen, and even had a few hits in the bargain, such as 'Pure Morning' or 'Every You Every Me'.
But that was then, and this is now. On their 5th studio album, they've grown up a little bit, and even if there are still drug references a-plenty, they've started writing songs about (shudder) love. Opener 'Meds' is a typical Placebo effort about the medicine cupboard, which begins with an excellent acoustic guitar riff ...
sobelecta 13.05.2006
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