[2009-06-09] Placebo "Battle For The Sun" (Vagrant)

Linda · **Posted:** Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:43 pm

http://www.nme.com/news/placebo/43474

Placebo announce new album details

Mar 16, 2009

Placebo have announced details of their 'optimistic' new album, due for release this summer.

'Battle For The Sun', the band’s sixth, is released on June 8.

The follow-up to 2006's 'Meds' was recorded in Toronto by Dave Bottrill (Tool) and mixed by Alan Moulder (My Bloody Valentine / Nine Inch Nails), and heralds a new era for the veteran rockers.

Steve Hewitt, drummer since 1996, has been replaced by 22-year-old Californian Steve Forrest. And following the expiration of their deal with Virgin Records, Placebo chose to self-fund and license the new record themselves, with an initial European release through PIAS.

Frontman Brian Molko said of their new situation: "We've made a record about choosing life, and choosing to live, about stepping out of the darkness and into the light. Not necessarily turning your back on the darkness because it's there, it's essential; it's a part of who you are, but more about the choice of standing in the sunlight instead."

He continued: "I'm very optimistic about the future. I’m in a positive frame of mind and a good headspace. It's very exciting. There’s a lot of life in the old dog just yet."

Product Description
2009 release, the sixth studio album from the British Alt-Rock trio. With a 13 year history that takes in five studio albums, 10 million album sales, breakdowns, clean ups and the dizzy swell of global success, Placebo return with their first album since the release of Meds in 2006. Battle For The Sun was recorded over three months by producer Dave Bottrill (chosen by the band largely because of his work with Tool) in his Toronto studio and mixed in London by Alan Moulder. Battle For The Sun is a startling, alive, vital and boundary-vaulting record that marks a whole new era for a band that were in need of a change.

1. Kitty Litter
2. Ashtray Heart
3. Battle For The Sun
4. For What It's Worth
5. Devil In The Details
6. Bright Lights
7. Speak In Tongues
8. The Never-Ending Why
9. Julien
10. Happy You're Gone
11. Breathe Underwater
12. Come Undone
13. Kings Of Medicine

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0026UV77C/?tag=imwan-20

Invisible Pedestrian · **Joined:** 24 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 26163

Yes! Can't wait. These guys are so frickin' amazing. Anyone who digs Bowie, Echo & Bunnymen, Magazine, etc. should love them. This album might be the one that gets them significant success here in the States. They've already got the live following and are selling out 1,000 seat venues here, and they're massive around the world.
Their cover of Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" a few years back got them some airplay-great cover.

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:31 pm

http://www.nme.com/news/placebo/43703

Placebo announce album tracklisting

Mar 26, 2009

Placebo have revealed the tracklisting of new album 'Battle For The Sun' to NME.COM.

As previously reported, the band are releasing their sixth album independently on June 8.

Now, frontman Brian Molko has explained the thinking behind the collection, as well as the tracklisting.

Molko said: "I believe 'Battle' to be the first of our albums to tell a story over the course of its 52 minutes. Our previous releases were really only collections of songs and even though the songs are ordered according to the musical flow, I hope that if you listen hard enough to the words that some kind of discernible thematic unity will begin to emerge."

The tracklisting is:

'Kitty Litter'
'Ashtray Heart'
'Battle For The Sun'
'For What It’s Worth'
'Devil In The Details'
'Bright Lights'
'Speak In Tongues'
'The Never-Ending Why'
'Julien'
'Happy You're Gone'
'Breathe Underwater'
'Come Undone'
'Kings Of Medicine'

Linda · **Posted:** Fri May 29, 2009 2:39 pm

Bump: added pre-order details to the first post.

Invisible Pedestrian · **Joined:** 24 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 26163

This will definitely be Placebo's biggest seller so far in the US. I went out to lunch with a friend today and we went to Best Buy and got the last 2 copies. The $7.99 price helps-why don't labels realize this???
These guys are enormous in the UK and elsewhere, but it's great to see them finally doing well here which started with 2006's "Meds".
So far, it's great especially the single "For What It's Worth" (no, it's not THAT song).

Rick A · 23 Jul 2006

Yeah, I agree IP., saw them live and they are a very good band. Will get this (especially at this steal price) and that excellent collection noted in an earlier post.

Rick A.

Tricky Kid · **Joined:** 23 Sep 2007 **Posts:** 8297

Glad to see a consistent tracklist between US and UK releases, although I suspect we'll still see some of kind special edition at some point...

Invisible Pedestrian · **Joined:** 24 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 26163

Oh man, does this album kick ass! The title track gave me chills-fantastic stuff. Great band. I've seen them live once, and I'll see them again if I can get tickets. Last time they played Philly it sold out and I missed it.

Tricky Kid · **Joined:** 23 Sep 2007 **Posts:** 8297

For the true believers...

Battle For The Sun
Deluxe Box Set
2 hardback bound books in hard back slipcase

Book 1

CD1: Full album + 2 exclusive bonus tracks
CD2: Live album tracks from forthcoming world tour – Blank CD that allows the exclusive download of live recorded tracks, from selected live dates.
DVD1: Live at Angkor Wat. Full concert performance shot in December 2008 of the band’s only show last year which was the first ever rock show to take place at the world famous Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia. PLUS a film documenting the band’s trip to Cambodia, behind the scenes footage and interviews with the band.
DVD2: In the studio; The making of Battle For The Sun the album. A film, featuring never before seen ‘fly on the wall’ footage of Placebo, in the studio, recording the new album. Film includes studio interviews with the band.
32 page photo book featuring exclusive artwork, photos from Angkor Wat and Cambodia plus lyrics and original handwritten lyrics.

Book 2

2 x Heavy Vinyl LP
16 pages of exclusive artwork, lyrics & photos.
Exclusive poster insert

http://placebostore.sandbag.uk.com/Store/index2.html

[2009-06-09] Placebo "Battle For The Sun" (Vagrant)

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