PLACEBO: “Pure Morning” (Hut)

My bullshit detector has just exploded. I’ve always been suspicious of Molko and his trendy tranvestitism which goes down so well with the monied misunderstood teenagers but the songs always had some saving grace. This, however, is just dreadful, containing possibly the the naffest opening line in rock history: “A friend in need’s a friend indeed/A friend with weed is better.” If you tolerate this, your children will laugh at you.