The fact that they also helped sanitize his image once more makes me livid. Also, I'm sorry, but they're old enough and global enough and powerful enough that the "they didn't know" leitmotiv cannot hold true anymore

Mind you, this might just be a Mandela effect and Molko might not have said it, but I think it is still a valid sentiment. If the band you follow like what they're playing, that IS the sound of the band, whether you like it or not

I'm not talking about this album specifically, I haven't listen to it yet, but there's a quote by brian molko from when people complained that any new album wasn't "them" that stayed with me: "As long as we play it, and we like it, it's Placebo"