{"id":37568,"date":"2021-11-18T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=37568"},"modified":"2021-11-14T07:40:52","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T12:40:52","slug":"placebo-share-new-track-surrounded-by-spies-announce-never-let-me-go-lp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=37568","title":{"rendered":"Placebo share new track &#8216;Surrounded By Spies&#8217; + announce &#8216;Never Let Me Go&#8217; LP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Placebo have announced news of their long-awaited 8th studio album. Nine years on from the release of their last outing\u00a0\u2018Loud Like Love\u2019, \u2018Never Let Me Go\u2019 is confirmed for release\u00a0on March 25, 2022. The duo also shared a new track lifted from the album, <em>Surrounded By Spies<\/em>, and announced a 2022 headline UK \/ IE tour dates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to <em>Surrounded By Spies<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-zcwld-ejlihlkhu-j\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>\u00a0and view the visualizer via YouTube below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N17TEw__Iog?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In September, Placebo resurfaced from a long hibernation to release their first single in five years \u2013 and first from the new album &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-zcwld-ejlihlkhu-h\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Beautiful James<\/em><\/a>. 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,\u00a0<em>\u201cIf the song serves to irritate the squares and the uptight, so gleefully be it.\u201d<\/em><br><br>As great masters in cataloguing the human condition, Placebo\u2019s 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. Within the magnetic slow-burn of new track <em>Surrounded By Spies<\/em> no punches are pulled in confronting the erosion of civil liberties, as Brian Molko\u2019s deft lyrical delivery is married to a creeping sense of claustrophobia that fittingly makes the walls feel as though they are closing in from all around.<br><br>Brian Molko comments: <em>\u201cI began writing the lyrics when I discovered my neighbours were spying on me on behalf of parties with a nefarious agenda. I then began to ponder the countless ways in which our privacy has been eroded and stolen since the introduction of worldwide CCTV cameras that now employ racist facial recognition technologies; the rise of the internet and the cellphone, which has turned practically every user into a paparazzo and spectators in their own lives, and how we have mostly all offered up personal information to enormous multinationals whose sole intent is to exploit us.<br><br>I used the cut-up technique invented by William S Burroughs and popularized in modern song by David Bowie. It\u2019s a true story told through a lens of paranoia, complete disgust for modern society\u2019s values and the deification of surveillance capitalism. The narrator is at the end of their tether, hopeless and afraid, completely at odds with our newfound progress and the god of money.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i4.cmail19.com\/ei\/j\/6C\/7C2\/FDE\/071758\/csfinal\/Placebo-NeverLetMeGoalbumartworklo-9900000000079e3c.jpg\" alt=\"Placebo | Never Let Me Go album artwork\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2018Never Let Me Go\u2019 track listing<\/strong><br><br>1. Forever Chemicals<br>2.\u00a0Beautiful James<br>3. Hugz<br>4. Happy Birthday In The Sky<br>5. The Prodigal<br>6.\u00a0Surrounded By Spies<br>7. Try Better Next Time<br>8. Sad White Reggae<br>9. Twin Demons<br>10. Chemtrails<br>11. This Is What You Wanted<br>12. Went Missing<br>13. Fix Yourself<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Placebo have also shared headline UK \/ IE tour dates for 2022. The full list is below.<br><br><strong>PLACEBO UK + IE 2022 HEADLINE TOUR DATES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i3.cmail19.com\/ei\/j\/6C\/7C2\/FDE\/071758\/csfinal\/Placebo-2022tourposter-9900000000079e3c.jpg\" alt=\"Placebo | 2022 UK headline tour poster\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><br><br>NOVEMBER<\/strong><br>Fri 18\u00a0&#8211; Portsmouth &#8211; Guildhall<br>Sat 19 &#8211; Brighton &#8211; Brighton Centre<br>Mon 21 &#8211; Liverpool &#8211; Eventim Olympia<br>Tue 22 &#8211; Manchester &#8211; O2 Victoria Warehouse<br>Thu 24\u00a0&#8211; Cardiff &#8211; Motorpoint Arena<br>Sat 26 &#8211; London &#8211; O2 Brixton Academy<br>Sun 27 &#8211;\u00a0London &#8211; O2 Brixton Academy<br>Tue 29 &#8211; Leicester &#8211; De Montford Hall<br>Wed 30 &#8211; Leeds &#8211; O2 Academy Leeds<br><br><strong>DECEMBER<\/strong><br>Fri 2\u00a0&#8211; Newcastle &#8211; O2 City Hall<br>Sat 3 &#8211; Glasgow &#8211; O2\u00a0Academy Glasgow<br>Mon 5 &#8211; Dublin &#8211; 3 Arena<br>Wed 7 &#8211; Cambridge &#8211; Corn Exchange<br>Thu 8 &#8211; Birmingham &#8211; O2 Academy 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pre-order\u00a0\u2018Never Let Me Go\u2019 and access ticket pre-sale\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-zcwld-ejlihlkhu-t\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Placebo have announced news of their long-awaited 8th studio album. Nine years on from the release of their last outing\u00a0\u2018Loud Like Love\u2019, \u2018Never Let Me <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=37568\" title=\"Placebo share new track &#8216;Surrounded By Spies&#8217; + announce &#8216;Never Let Me Go&#8217; LP\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22,23,25,28,30],"tags":[10594,1988,10593,1245],"class_list":["post-37568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-live","category-music","category-new-release","tag-never-let-me-go","tag-placebo","tag-surrounded-by-spies","tag-tour-dates"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/642F88F1-5C26-405B-92D4-1C383C84AF59.jpeg?fit=900%2C406","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-9LW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":43522,"url":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=43522","url_meta":{"origin":37568,"position":0},"title":"Placebo announce\u00a0\u2018This Search For Meaning\u2019 \u2013 Documentary, live album, and unreleased material incoming","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"August 1, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Mark your calendars\u2014Placebo are about to drop something\u00a0big. 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