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Prepare yourself to get the prescriptions, with the faith that some little sugar capsule will work. Or at least make some space in your mind for the musical ones because Placebo is back with its sixth album Battle for the Sun released on June 8. The album debuted with its title track, played on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show on March 17 and with the musical video release of For What it’s Worth. Alternating and evolving from messages from the past albums, they buoyantly traveled around darker meanings while grazing topics such as drugs and obsessive behaviors. Experimenting with sounds, which had been the band’s ‘90s typical approach, they manage to explore harmonious down beats with bittersweet lyricism that conjures some sentimental irony.

Battle for the Sun takes us into a smoothly optimistic message making this album a must, showing us a face we haven’t seen from Placebo. As commented in their official website, the album is to Brian Molko, Placebo’s lead singer, “not hard rock and it’s not pop, it’s probably hard pop. I think we’ve made a record, which is almost the flipside of Meds. We’ve made a record about choosing life, about choosing to live, about stepping out of the darkness and into the light. Not necessarily turning your back on the darkness because it’s there, it’s essential; it’s a part of who you are, but more about the choice of standing in the sunlight instead.”

This album might be the light in the dark tunnel that Placebo had been adventuring through in their careers. It evokes music influences such as Nirvana, The Pixies and The Smashing Pumpkins. Battle for the Sun was produced by Alan Moulder, one of Britain's premier alternative rock record producers, who had worked with bands such as The Smashing Pumpkins, A Perfect Circle, Moby, Depeche Mode and A Perfect Circle’s lead Maynard James Keenan's side project Puscifer.

Battle for the Sun steps out of the darkness but recognizes its presence. We can expect the same vibe we got to know from their second album Without You I’m Nothing. Ashtray Heart, named after the band’s original name, in which the song’s intro and chorus play with the Spanish language, lies on a bed of passive-aggressive beats. You should check out Julien, a fulfilling track that manages to incorporate slow electro-pop rhythms with their typical hard rock voyage. This is what hard pop is all about. In Bright Lights, which explores the brit-pop genre with sweetly enthralling melodies and androgynous vocals, Brian Molko engages us into his worldview. Placebo begins their Europe tour on June 12 with a new album showcase that promises to be as highly addictive as their name proposes.

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