Music: Placebo - "Running Up That Hill"

I was watching the Real World finale just now when I heard a song that caught my ear. I Googled some of the memorable lyrics and discovered that it's called "Running Up That Hill" by a British band called Placebo (who's apparently been around for a long time).

Anyway, according to Wikipedia, this is the last track on the US version of their latest album, Meds. It's a Kate Bush cover.

I find it to be an awesome song. It sounds very Brand New-ish (circa Deja Entendu) with a slightly electronica twist. Maybe because of the dark vibe, maybe because of the lead singer's whimpering, crackly vocal quality, maybe because of the stripped-down instrumentation, maybe because of the build-up-to-rock-out ratio. Whatever it is, if you like Brand New, I guarantee you'll like this jam.

Lemme know what you think, and feel free to share any Placebo insight.

Colin, Levi, Nolan, this should blow your balls off.

Here's Placebo performing it live (great quality)