Placebo

After two excellent albums in the late 1990s (their self-titled 1996 debut and their best-to-date sophomore effort Without You, I'm Nothing [1998]), Placebo followed up with increasingly disappointing records (Black Market Music [2000] and Sleeping with Ghosts [2003]). Three years and the obligatory singles collection later, Brian Molko's band is back with Meds, a new attempt at recapturing the magic of their early dark, hypnotic glam-rock sound. While the UK will see the release of the unimpressive 'Because I want You' as its first single, elsewhere the job will go to album closer 'Song to Say Goodbye,' a more polished, mid-tempo piano-driven track that showcases Molko's anguished vocals and builds up to a powerful string finale.