Loud Like Love (song)

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"Loud Like Love"
Loud Like Love EP.jpg
Single by Placebo
from the album Loud Like Love
Released6 August 2013
Format 7" vinyl, digital download
Recorded RAK Studios, London, England
Genre Alternative rock
Length4:51
Label Universal
Songwriter(s) Brian Molko, Stefan Olsdal and Steve Forrest
Producer(s) Adam Noble
Placebo singles chronology
"Too Many Friends"
(2013)
"Loud Like Love"
(2013)
"A Million Little Pieces"
(2014)

"Loud Like Love" is a song by English alternative rock band Placebo, from their seventh album Loud Like Love . It was released as a digital download single on 6 August 2013, and later on 7" vinyl. [1]

Alternative rock is a style of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. In this instance, the word "alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream rock music. The term's original meaning was broader, referring to a generation of musicians unified by their collective debt to either the musical style or simply the independent, DIY ethos of punk rock, which in the late 1970s laid the groundwork for alternative music. At times, "alternative" has been used as a catch-all description for music from underground rock artists that receives mainstream recognition, or for any music, whether rock or not, that is seen to be descended from punk rock.

Placebo (band) English alternative rock band

Placebo are an English rock band formed in London in 1994 by singer-guitarist Brian Molko and guitarist-bassist Stefan Olsdal. The band were soon joined by drummer Robert Schultzberg, who left in 1996 due to conflicts with Molko and was replaced the same year by Steve Hewitt.

<i>Loud Like Love</i> 2013 studio album by Placebo

Loud Like Love is the seventh studio album by English alternative rock band Placebo, recorded between 2012 and 2013 and released on 16 September 2013.

Contents

Content

The single release consists of four tracks – the song, its piano rendition and two remixes.

Piano musical instrument

The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700, in which the strings are struck by hammers. It is played using a keyboard, which is a row of keys that the performer presses down or strikes with the fingers and thumbs of both hands to cause the hammers to strike the strings.

Remix, as the name suggests, is basically a reconstruction of something which is done by mixing new elements to create something new yet maintaining the original feel. A song, piece of artwork, books, video, or photograph can all as remixes.

Music video

Furthering their collaboration with the American transgressive novelist Bret Easton Ellis, fashioned by the music video for "Too Many Friends", Placebo released a similar video for "Loud Like Love", also by Los Angeles director Saman Kesh. [2] [3] Ellis narrates the music video, which revolves around comparable plot lines and can be viewed as either a sequel or a parody of the "Too Many Friends" video.

Transgressive fiction is a genre of literature which focuses on characters who feel confined by the norms and expectations of society and who break free of those confines in unusual or illicit ways.

A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others aspire to support themselves in this way or write as an avocation. Most novelists struggle to get their debut novel published, but once published they often continue to be published, although very few become literary celebrities, thus gaining prestige or a considerable income from their work.

Bret Easton Ellis American novelist

Bret Easton Ellis is an American author, screenwriter, and short story writer. His works have been translated into 27 languages. Ellis was first regarded as one of the so-called literary Brat Pack, which also included Tama Janowitz and Jay McInerney. He is a self-proclaimed satirist whose trademark technique, as a writer, is the expression of extreme acts and opinions in an affectless style. He employs a technique of linking novels with common, recurring characters.

Track listing

All tracks written by Placebo (Brian Molko, Stefan Olsdal and Steve Forrest).

Brian Molko musician

Brian Molko is a British-American musician and songwriter who is lead vocalist and guitarist of the band Placebo. He is known in particular for his distinctive nasal, high-pitched vocals, feminine/androgynous appearance, and unique guitar style and tunings.

Stefan Olsdal Swedish musician

Stefan Alexander Bo Olsdal is the bassist/guitarist of the alternative rock band Placebo and is part of the electronic band Digital 21 + Stefan Olsdal.

Steve Forrest (musician) American drummer

Steve Forrest is a drummer from Modesto, California, best known for his work with the British alternative rock band Placebo, which he left in 2015. Before joining Placebo, Forrest was drummer for the ambient rock band Evaline. He announced his intention to leave Evaline in January 2007, but remained with the band throughout their 2007 United States tour. During that tour, Evaline opened for Placebo, and Forrest came to be acquainted with them. In 2008 he took the vacant seat of Steve Hewitt. Unlike Placebo's previous two drummers, Forrest plays right-handed, not left. His first set with Placebo for "Live at Angkor Wat" in Cambodia, was his most memorable gig. Forrest was Placebo's drummer for two consecutive album tours, the Battle For The Sun tour and the Loud Like Love tour. He also contributed backing vocals live and in the studio.

No.TitleLength
1."Loud Like Love"4:51
2."Loud Like Love (Piano Version)"6:28
3."Loud Like Love (TWOS Remix)"4:32
4."Loud Like Love (Villa Remix)"8:35

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References

  1. Placebo (19 March 2014). "Loud Like Love E.P – Out Now". PlaceboWorld.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  2. "Placebo - Loud Like Love". PlaceboVEVO. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  3. "Author Brett Easton Ellis Returns to Narrate Placebo's Latest Suburban Mystery". Creativity Online. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.