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In September, Placebo resurfaced from a long hibernation to release their first single in five years ā and first from the new album - āBeautiful Jamesā. A joyous and celebratory song, it came quietly loaded with antagonism for the increasingly prominent, ignorant, factions that have come to litter modern conversation. As Brian Molko commented at the time, āIf the song serves to irritate the squares and the uptight, so gleefully be it.ā
As great masters in cataloguing the human condition, Placeboās unique way of examining both its flaws and beauty finds fertile ground in 2021. Crawling out of the pandemic into a landscape of intolerance, division, tech-saturation and imminent eco-catastrophe, theirs is a voice that has rarely felt more significant to contemporary discourse, and more appropriate to sing these stories to the world. Within the magnetic slow-burn of new track āSurrounded By Spiesā no punches are pulled in confronting the erosion of civil liberties, as Brian Molkoās deft lyrical delivery is married to a creeping sense of claustrophobia that fittingly makes the walls feel as though they are closing in from all around.
1 Forever Chemicals
2 Beautiful James
3 Hugz
4 Happy Birthday in the Sky
5 The Prodigal
6 Surrounded By Spies
7 Try Better Next Time
8 Sad White Reggae
9 Twin Demons
10 Chemtrails
11 This Is What You Wanted
12 Went Missing
13 Fix Yourself
Release Date: 25 Mar 2022
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