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Placebo on 'Meds'

added 22 March 2006 at 16.38

Brian Molko and bassist Stefan Olsdal talk exclusively to John Kennedy about their much-anticipated fifth studio album ‘Meds’ in this track by track interview.

After the huge global success of their singles collection, 'Once More With Feeling', Placebo return with their fifth studio album 'Meds'. It’s their first studio album since 2004's 'Sleeping With Ghosts' which sold 1.4 million copies worldwide. Returning to Xfm and talking exclusively to John Kennedy they told him about the benefits of working with a new producer, the positives of success, going to India and using old fashioned studios to record in. [listen]

Read highlights below and hit [listen] links to hear Brian and Stefan’s commentary in full.

‘Meds’ [listen]
“ It’s a statement of fact and what being alive today is all about.”

‘Infra-Red’ [listen]
“ This track is the first time I’ve ever written, lyrically, a song backwards. I wrote the last line first and worked my way back.”

‘Drag’ [listen]
“ It’s the most old school sounding Placebo track on this album, pure pop punk which we do well.”

‘Space Monkey’ [listen]
“ This track was a real journey of discovery and felt like it just dropped out of the sky one day.”

‘Follow The Cops Back Home’ [listen]
“We wondered what teenagers get up to in Iceland, which we visit regularly, as there is no police and barely any crime.”

‘Post Blue’ [listen]
“ This was written when I was moving flats and at the time was listening to a lot of hip-hop in particular G-funk rhythms like Dr Dre.”

‘Because I Want You’ [listen]
“ When I went into the studio I wanted to out do the Foo Fighters and write a great American rock song.”

‘Blind’ [listen]
“ One of the tracks you write for all the ladies out there.”

‘Pierrot The Clown’ [listen]
“ About seeing someone who you once had a relationship with and remembering why you were first attracted to them.”

‘Broken Promise’ [listen]
“Written completely whilst on the road and is about adultery.” 

‘One Of A Kind’ [listen]
“ About feeling completely dislocated from the world and not feeling like a real person anymore.”

‘In The Cold Light Of Morning’ [listen]
“ Very much inspired by Leonard Cohen and being on the streets early in the morning after a night out when everyone else is going to work.”

‘Song To Say Goodbye’ [listen]
“ A way of making clear to myself the path not to take as a human being.”

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