Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing

Mientras que en el debut homónimo de Placebo figuran en su mayoría elementos de bandas alternativas de los noventa (Smashing Pumpkins, etc), su segundo álbum, Without You I'm Nothing, está llena de rock glam de los 70 y referencias punk. La sección rítmica de Stefan Olsdal (bajo) y Steve Hewitt (batería) es impresionante apretada, pero la atracción de la banda es, sin duda, su andrógino cantante y guitarrista Brian Molko. Considerando que el debut fue escrito exclusivamente por Molko, su más reciente es un esfuerzo del grupo, con Molko todavía al mando de la letras.
La remolinante apertura, "Pure Morning", es una auto-proclamada "celebración de amistad femenina", y debe ser un garantizado single, mientras que la acelerada "Brick Shithouse" combina electro-rock '90s con guitarras punk estilo Sonic Youth . "You Don't Care About Us", muestra que Molko puede facilmente recrear los tonos de guitarra de J Mascis a finales de los '80, y "Scared of Girls" contiene una flexión de género en la voz de Molko y un acompañamiento de rock tribal.
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While Placebo's self-titled debut contained mostly elements of '90s alternative (Smashing Pumpkins, etc.), their second album, Without You I'm Nothing, is full of '70s glam rock and punk references. Placebo's rhythm section of Stefan Olsdal (bass) and Steve Hewitt (drums) is impressively tight, but the band's star attraction is undoubtedly androgynous singer/guitarist Brian Molko. Whereas the debut was written solely by Molko, their latest is a bona fide group effort, with Molko still handling the lyric-writing. The swirling anthemic album opener, "Pure Morning," is a self-proclaimed "celebration of friendship with women," and should be a guaranteed hit single, while the racing "Brick Shithouse" merges '90s electro-rock with Sonic Youth punk guitars. "You Don't Care About Us" shows that Molko can easily re-create J Mascis' late-'80s guitar tones, and "Scared of Girls" contains gender-bending vocals from Molko and a tribal-rock accompaniment. With massive success already underway back home in England, Without You I'm Nothing deserves to break through everywhere else.

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