Band drop first new track from Loud Like Love
by Andrew Trendell | Photos by Press
Tags: Placebo
Placebo have premiered their brand new single 'Too Many Friends'. Listen to the track below.
The song is the first full taster of the band's upcoming album, Loud Like Love. Leaning on the band's poppier elements, 'Too Many Friends' harks back to some of the more mid-tempo and mellow moments from Sleeping Wtih Ghosts.
The song opens with a light piano refrain and the oh-so-typically Brian Molko line: "My computer thinks I'm gay / I threw that piece of junk away." The track then drives with the energised drumming of more recent recruit Steve Forrest before a gradual rocky crescendo.
Listen to 'Too Many Friends' by Placebo below:
'Too Many Friends' is available via iTunes now, and Loud Like Love is due for release on 16 September, 2013. The band have announced a string of UK shows for an upcoming winter tour. The dates are:
Thursday 12 December: O2 Academy, Birmingham
Friday 13 December: O2 Academy, Glasgow
Saturday 14 December: O2 Apollo, Manchester
Monday 16 December: O2 Academy Brixton, London
For more information visit Gigwise Gig Tickets.
Below: Placebo live at London's Brixton Academy