Placebo - Meds
A return to form; Placebo returned earlier this year with their fifth album, "Meds". Featuring appearances from fellow musicians Alison VV Mosshart, (The Kills) and Michael Stipe (R.E.M.) they have managed to increase their sonic palate whilst staying true to what Placebo have always been about; sex, drugs, love and addiction.
The opening track, "Meds," seems to be about someone forgetting to take their prozac. Alison's haunting vocal track reminds them; "Baby, did you forget to take your meds?" Other highlights include the latest single, "Infra-Red," a song with possibly one of the most memorable lines of the year, "Someone call the ambulance, there's gonna be an accident," clearly a song about revenge, "Space Monkey," an experimental electronic track featuring a beautiful orchestral background and "Song To Say Goodbye," where lead singer Brian Molko writes a letter to himself, saying farewell to a life of debauchery and drugs.
Although not quite an intense as Without You I'm Nothing, it's certainly close, the closest they've been in a long time. 8/10