A new sound for new fans
For a band that’s long reveled in shadows of cheap hotel rooms reeking of stale cigarette smoke, releasing an album 13 years after its debut may actually yield good luck. After finding success stateside with 2006’s Meds and losing drummer Steve Hewitt to mysterious circumstances, Placebo debuts a new sound on Battle, with a punchier, heavier and more stable assault than ever. The threesome, along with Tool-producer Dave Bottrill, deliver a brightly focused, 13-track collection that hard-core fans will pan and newbies will adore. The shouted vocals of “Ashtray Heart” and even the constant unabashed glam-power-pop strewn throughout signal a new day for the band, and by the time you hear the triumphant brass of closer “Kings of Medicine,” you may feel a bit guilty for instinctively using the record as a rainy-day mood setter.
Listen to Placebo's "Ashtray Heart" from Battle for the...
For a band that’s long reveled in shadows of cheap hotel rooms reeking of stale cigarette smoke, releasing an album 13 years after its debut may actually yield good luck. After finding success stateside with 2006’s Meds and losing drummer Steve Hewitt to mysterious circumstances, Placebo debuts a new sound on Battle, with a punchier, heavier and more stable assault than ever. The threesome, along with Tool-producer Dave Bottrill, deliver a brightly focused, 13-track collection that hard-core fans will pan and newbies will adore. The shouted vocals of “Ashtray Heart” and even the constant unabashed glam-power-pop strewn throughout signal a new day for the band, and by the time you hear the triumphant brass of closer “Kings of Medicine,” you may feel a bit guilty for instinctively using the record as a rainy-day mood setter.
Listen to Placebo's "Ashtray Heart" from Battle for the...
- 6/12/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
Placebo have conceded that Steve Hewitt's departure from the band in 2007 damaged their reputation. Singer Brian Molko admitted that a core of their support were angered with the lineup changes but insisted that the group was like a "rudderless ship" before drummer Hewitt left. "I think the die-hards took it quite badly and I think there was a certain amount of anger surrounding Steve Hewitt's departure," he told Music-News. "A lot of die-hards had become very attached to what they considered to be the classic lineup but really we (more)...
- 6/1/2009
- by By David Balls
- Digital Spy
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