The seventh album from English alt-rockers Placebo, Loud Like Love, almost didn’t happen. Its genesis was in three songs written by frontman Brian Molko, originally intended for a solo project. Placebo had no plans to release another album so soon after 2012’s B3 EP, a five-track extension of 2009’s punchy and dynamic Battle For The Sun.
The new full-length pushes a more mainstream sound,…
