I’ve been listening to Placebo’s latest album, Meds on solid repeat for about three hours now, and although it’s growing on me nothing about it seems to scream brilliant either. I’m a big fan of the classic Placebo tracks like Nancy Boy, Slacker Bitch and Pure Morning, but very little on this album matches up to the old classics. Well… except for one track.

‘Because I want You’ was the first (and so far only) song released from Meds as a single and personally I think it’s because it’s the best track on the album. This song consists of a series of highs and lows over the length of the track and has a great sing along factor. The rest of the tracks on Meds seem somewhat dull in comparison, maybe that’s because the band are ageing some what now (they have been going for 15 years!).

Overall, it’s a good album but not really up to scratch with some of the golden oldies that I love so much. Unfortunately Meds doesn’t have enough oomph for me to listen to when I’m driving or walking with my iPod but I’ll certainly put it on from time to time when I’m working and need something to make work a bit more interesting.

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