{"id":31,"date":"2018-02-22T23:40:36","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T23:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-the-new-age-placebo\/"},"modified":"2023-02-02T08:02:15","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T08:02:15","slug":"review-the-new-age-placebo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-the-new-age-placebo\/","title":{"rendered":"Review:\u00a0The New Age &#8211; Placebo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-92156\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/The-New-Age-Placebo-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"The New Age - Placebo\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/The-New-Age-Placebo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/The-New-Age-Placebo-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/The-New-Age-Placebo-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/The-New-Age-Placebo-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/The-New-Age-Placebo-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/The-New-Age-Placebo.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The New Age <\/b>bill themselves as a <i>\u201cgenre-bending heavy rock band\u2026determined to shake the status quo\u201d<\/i>. It\u2019s an accurate description of a band who are living up to their name and throwing something new into the mix. Their clearly wide influences are fully embraced from all angles on this, their debut album, <i>\u2018Placebo\u2019<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>A five-piece band hailing from Columbus, Ohio, <b>The New Age<\/b> blend pop harmonics and beats with the punch and drive of post-hardcore electric guitars and the eerie atmosphere and impassioned vocal delivery of metalcore. The result is a powerful 12-track journey through different genres and styles, fused together by masterful songwriting and slick production. The sound is modern, fresh, and exciting, from the thumping, undulating bass of opener <i>\u2018Wicked Friends\u2019<\/i> to the dreamy soundscape and desperation of <i>\u2018Hunger\u2019<\/i>, a song which explores the wider themes of society, humanity and mental health. It\u2019s not the only track on the album to have a deeper meaning beneath the surface (see <i>\u2018Placebo\u2019<\/i> and <i>\u2018To Be Alive\u2019<\/i>) and it\u2019s a message the band are clearly proud of.<\/p>\n<p><!-- more --><\/p>\n<p><i>\u2018To Be Alive\u2019<\/i> is a vibrant energy-filled rocker borrowing more from the metalcore vein of the band\u2019s 2015 EP release, <i>\u2018Think Too Much Feel Too Little\u2019<\/i>. With a catchy chorus and guitar licks that keep the song driving onwards, along with some heartfelt, anguished screams from vocalist Justin Cotton, it\u2019s just one of many highlights on what is an exceptional debut.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s refreshing to hear a band who aren\u2019t afraid to push boundaries and doesn\u2019t restrict themselves based on genre. If one had to put a label on <b>The New Age<\/b>, alt-rock would cover it, but that barely scratches the surface of the different styles and sounds they\u2019re exploring on this album \u2013 post-hardcore, metalcore, pop, even a bit of rap. A solid first release from an exciting band.<\/p>\n<p>4.5\/5<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Placebo\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/64J7yZAsDlqUuSNnJErEzo?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>&#8216;Placebo\u2019<\/i> by <b>The New Age<\/b> is released on 23rd February.<\/p>\n<p><b>The New Age<\/b> links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.TheNewAgeOfficial.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheNewAgeOFCL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/TheNewAgeOFCL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/TheNewAgeOFCL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Bec Simpson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Age bill themselves as a \u201cgenre-bending heavy rock band\u2026determined to shake the status quo\u201d. 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