No U.S. release date scheduled as of yet . . .
NEW ALBUM: 'MEDS'
On 13 March Virgin Records will release Placebo??s new album, ??Meds??. The track listing is as follows:
1. Meds
2. Infra-red
3. Drag
4. Space Monkey
5. Follow The Cops Back Home
6. Post Blue
7. Because I Want You
8. Blind
9. Pierrot The Clown
10. Broken Promise
11. One Of A Kind
12. In The Cold Light Of Morning
13. Song To Say Goodbye
??Meds?? will be Placebo??s first studio album since 2004??s ??Sleeping With Ghosts??, which went Top 10 in the UK and sold 1.4 million copies worldwide. In that time Placebo have gone from strength to strength selling out 10,000 capacity arena dates all over south and central America (Q Magazine witnessed this spectacle in Mexico, awarding it a 4-out-5 rating and describing it as ??a dancefloor rammed with screaming teenagers, wobbling under the weight of 15,000 pogoing bodies.?), and playing to a sold out Wembley Arena to celebrate the release of their Singles Collection, Once More With Feeling, where they were joined on-stage by Robert Smith for a version of The Cure??s ??Boys Don??t Cry?? and their very own, ??Without You I??m Nothing??.
Recorded over an eight week period at London??s RAK Studios, ??Meds?? marks the return of a very confident band who after 10 years together keep growing in stature. The first single from the album, ??Because I Want You??, is an urgent, impassioned plea to not give up on love; three-and-a-half minutes of joyous pop, reminiscent of the band??s early work and a strong indication of what to expect from the rest of the album. For this album the band returned to their roots, stripped away the layers and got to the heart of being a live, confident rock band. This they??ve achieved with the help of producer Dimitri Tikovoi, who insisted they had to make their first record again and try everything. As Brian put it: ??We allowed space for the songwriting to shine through rather than show up how clever we were and how good we??ve gotten at using the studio. We were going for simplicity rather than elaboration.?
The result is not just a molten, souped-up raw roar of a record, but also Placebo??s most human collection to date. Here are tales of fragile souls freaking out because they??ve forgotten to take their medication (??Meds??, which features VV of The Kills), of the blear-eyed shame of the bathroom mirror in a narcotic comedown dawn (??Cold Light Of Morning??), of ??your friends who are making extremely bad lifestyle choices? (??Song To Say Goodbye??), a beautiful, thoughtful ballad (??Follow The Cops Back Home??), and mysterious, haunting songs (??Space Monkey??). Here are stories - subtly unfolded - of loss, confusion, revenge, love, addiction and dependence.
The band will launch their world tour in S.E. Asia next month, at the Bangkok 100 Rock Festival, and arrive in the UK in April. They play Rock Am Ring/ Rock Im Park in Germany, 2nd and 4th June, co-headline the Friday night at the Isle of Wight Festival with The Prodigy on 9th June and then headline Nova Rock Festival in Austria on June 16th and Interlaken Festival, Switzerland, on June 17th. UK tour dates to be announced soon.
??Meds?? will be preceded by the single ??Because I Want You?? on 6 March.
Placebo are one of the UK??s most successful bands of the last 10 years, having sold one million albums in the UK and 6 million worldwide.
