Legendary English music weekly Melody Maker named London’s fresh glam and glitter
outfit SUEDE, fronted by the charismatic androgyne Brett Anderson, the best new band
in Britain in April 1992, a month before they released their debut single THE DROWNERS,
a first sign of alt-indie pop bliss.
A year later, Suede showed why MM was absolutely right when they
shared their astonishing Self-Titled Debut LP with the world.
After their 2nd masterstroke (even better than their debut) DOG MAN STAR, musical orchestrator and guitarist Bernard Butler left but it didn’t break up the band. On the contrary, Suede survived with swirling style and vivid verve.
They released 7 more albums (from okay ones to a couple of great ones)
so far withAutofication as their most recent one. It came out in 2022.
Last year the glam veterans SUEDE (in the US still known for legal reasons
as ‘The London Suede’), led by the never ageing Brett Anderson, released
their 9th, back to top form, albumAUTOFICTION (stream below).
An expanded edition shows up on December 8. It
includes a live LP. More info and order detailshere.
Along with the LP’s release came a 4-track EP that was available for
only one week. The songs will appear now on the expanded box.
Here’s one of them, titled THE SADNESS IN YOU, THE SADNESS IN ME.
A vintage Suede sparkler with Anderson‘s emotional vocals going sky-high
on the chorus. Can’t understand why this stellar song wasn’t on the original
album. Anyway, it’s here now.
THE SADNESS IN YOU, THE SADNESS IN ME
Already booked as one of the headliners for the legendary Isle Of Wight festival next year.
British long-running music website LOUDER THAN WAR is, without a shadow of a doubt, my favorite one on the Internet. They support/challenge alt-rock, post-punk, guitar-pop and all related genres by as well, small indie artists as the big ones (old and new). My kinda stuff.
As we near the end of the year, best-of lists are coming in. LTW just published their, yes,Top 100of best 2022 LPs.
9th LP of the British glam heroes (1989–2003, 2010–present)
led by charismatic maestro Brett Anderson
Key single: 15 Again
Louder Than War: “An album to treasure for life. It really does contain all the bombast, swells and drama of the orchestral classical music so beloved by Brett’s father, but also an intimacy wrapped up in the intensity.”
TUTV: As much as I am a fan, this is too many Suede
by numbers. Except for one of the best singles of
the year with15 Again the LP doesn’t work for me.
Singer-songwriter from Chicago
with a vulnerable heart and soul.
His/her 6th full length.
Key single: Forever In Sunset
Louder Than War: “All Of Us Flames focuses on the resistance, the struggle, and the community of the threatened. Furman says the album is, “a queer album for the stage
of life when you start to understand that you are not a lone wolf, but depend on finding
your family, your people, how you work as part of a larger whole.”
DIY post-punks from Cheshire, UK with their 2nd longplayer.
Key single: Harmonia
Louder Than War: “This absolute scorcher of an album set alight the start of 2022
with a sonic bang of pure power that screams along at breakneck speed throughout,
one which burns but never crashes.
TUTV: To be honest I never heard of this band until now. Thank you Louder Than War. These guys are amazing. No brakes, no breaks. Bingo!
The hardest working band in the world. 23 albums in 12 years. Hallelujah.
Key single: The Tripping Tap (18-minute riff-manic psych jam)
Louder Than War: “Omnium Gatherum, a miscellaneous collection; eclecticism order of the day as they pull on every one of their strengths to create what just may be their least defined yet most defining record to date.”
Band: SUEDE Who: Britpop glam champions from London Active: 1989–2003, 2010–present Albums: 9, new one included
New album: AUTOFICTION Released: 16 September 2022 – more info here
Brett Anderson (frontman/songwriter): “Autofiction is our punk record.
No whistles and bells. Just the five of us in a room with all the glitches and
fuck-ups revealed. The band themselves exposed in all their primal mess.”
NME says: “Brett Anderson and co. feel like a new band on their anger-injected
ninth album… This is a Suede record, so there are moments of aching majesty.
Autofiction finds the indie greats getting back in the garage to make a racket.
This is a band with a lust for life.” Score: 4/5.
Turn Up The Volume: Suede were on their best when they went melodramatic,
even bombastic with massive crackers, like on their eponymous debut LP (1993)
and second one Dog Man Star (their solid gold 1994 masterpiece), with guitarist/co-songwriter Bernard Butler who left afterward. Without him they continued the way
they started with varying success. But this one is a total tour de force. Big tune after
big tune, anthem after anthem. Back to be the wild ones.
Singles: That Boy On The Stage / 15 Again / She Still Leads Me On
Glam pop stars SUEDE have their 9th LP,
baptized AUTOFICTION out this Friday.
Brett Anderson: “Autofiction is our punk record. No whistles and bells.
Just the five of us in a room with all the glitches and fuck-ups revealed.
The band themselves exposed in all their primal mess.”
The album’s artwork
They just announced their first 2023 Tour Dates
to promote the new record. A series of UK concerts.
Band: SUEDE Who: Britpop glam champions from London Active: 1989–2003, 2010–present Albums: 9, new one included
New album: AUTOFICTION Out: 16 September 2022 – more info here
New single 15 AGAIN, following the first one She Stills Lead Me On,
is about “about falling in love with life for the first time” says
frontman Brett Anderson.
Band: SUEDE Who: Britpop glam champions from London Active: 1989–2003, 2010–present Albums: 9, new one included
New album: AUTOFICTION Out: 16 September 2022 – more info here
Brett Anderson (frontman/songwriter): “Autofiction is our punk
record. No whistles and bells. Just the five of us in a room with all
the glitches and fuck-ups revealed; the band themselves exposed in
all their primal mess.”
