MUSIC

2-LP
Rock
Nine years on from the release of their last outing Loud Like Love, Placebo’s 8th album Never Let Me Go is confirmed for release on 25th March 2022. In September, Placebo resurfaced from a long hibernation to release their first single in five years – and first from the new album – ‘Beautiful James’. 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, “If the song serves to irritate the squares and the uptight, so gleefully be it.”

As great masters in cataloguing the human condition, Placebo’s 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.

.. Seismic – a Final Throw of Throes / 180gr.
1-LP
Rock / Heavy Metal
High Quality
Continuing the fearless exploration of their legendary sound’s outer limits, UK’s Grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH return with “Resentment is Always Seismic – a final throw of Throes”, a partner recording to their much acclaimed “Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism” album from 2020. Concluding matters through vital, tumultuous Grindcore and shockwave ambience, this 8-track mini-album with all previously unreleased material – including Bad Brains and SLAB! cover versions – and with a playing time of 29 minutes is being made available as limited CD Digipak, 180g LP and as Digital Album.