London’s glam rock/pop celebs SUEDE orchestrated by their never aging
frontman Brett Anderson, have their 10th LP, baptized ANTIDEPRESSANTS
out today.
Press info: “The album is a milestone achievement that sees the band at the top of their game. It follows the success of their critically acclaimed ninth UK Top 10 album Autofiction, released in September 2022, which charted at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart and was their highest-charting release in over 20 years.”
Uncut Magazine (British music monthly) “Antidepressants is the most unhinged,
intoxicating Suede album since Coming Up, and boasts the best first side of a goth
album since the Banshees’ Juju.”
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TUTV: On their last albums, guitars dominate way more than on their first 3/4 ones, creating a wall of elevating electricity with an epic sonority. It results in more rock swagger than pop sensibility, even when they slow down (Somewhere Between An Atom And A Star and June Rain) guitars have an overpowering impact. Only Brett Anderson melodramatic
can compete with them. His hypersensitive vocality is always present upfront and an instrumental factor for Suede‘s glamorous aura.
And the songs themselves? The singles (Dancing With Europeans / Trance State and Disintegrate) and the title track stand out. Their anthemic puissance hits your ears with huge fervidness. The other 7 songs try to have the very same impact but try too hard
to do so.
Mind you, most of them have an adrenalizing quality, but not enough to make the whole album a 5-star one. Yet, many other bands would sell their soul to have the necessary craftsmanship to write tunes like Anderson & Co still do today.
As loyal fans know and are waiting for, glam rock/pop celebs SUEDE
orchestrated by their never aging frontman Brett Anderson, share their
10th full-length, named Antidepressants with the world on September 5th.
Press info: “The album is a milestone achievement that sees the band at the top of their game. It follows the success of their critically acclaimed ninth UK Top 10 album Autofiction, released in September 2022, which charted at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart and was their highest-charting release in over 20 years.”
So far we got 3 singles and
a live video for the album’s
title track.
TUTV: Jangly indie Britrock at its arousing best. No way to not go
bonkers when this rip-roaring The Strokes-like anthem infiltrates
your ears. Trust me, one spin and you’re hooked. You know
where to find the repeat button.
Band: SOULWAX, Who: Belgian brothers David and Stephen Dewaele‘ working together
for 30 years now, with diverse projects. They DJed the world around
as 2manydjs, had their own Radio Soulwax, and produced/remixed
countless other artists.
Track: RUN FREE
One of two new shared pieces from their 6th LP,
titled All Systems Are Lying and on your stereo
on October 17th.
Album artwork
“We wanted to capture the feeling of a band playing electronic instruments,
live, loud and loose. This record is the result of that experiment. It’s a rock
album made without any electric guitars.”
TUTV: Anderson stars, once again, in the middle with an overwhelming vocal performance, peaking on the epic chorus, and he’s backed by a full of vim and vigour drums/bass tandem and glimmering guitars.
Oberst: “It’s an homage to ska in all its waves. From Desmond Dekker
to Tim Armstrong, we’re just happy to add our track to the bin. The video
is inspired by NYC 90s hip hop, which like ska, has a long tradition of unifying
people & using celebratory music to convey subversive political themes. To be
played loud. Windows down. Summertime.”
TUTV: Sounds and feels like you are
ska-ing on a shaky merry-go-round.
Big fun. Big tune.
Isbell has reissued his 10-year-old album Something More Than Free
digitally. It will be available on physical media on October 3. It includes
this previously unreleased track, a B-side for one of the LP’s singles.
TUTV: Fortunately, this psychedelic, slide-guitar ripper didn’t go missing.
It resonates like a swamp blues burner spiced with good old organ play
and Isbell‘s firm voice. Totally cool.
Band: MELT MOTIF Who: An experimental band based in Bergen, Norway, and São Paulo, Brazil.
Known for their unique fusion of genres, they blend elements of metal, dark
electronic, darkwave, industrial, and more.
So far, they have released two albums and their respective remixes.
A new full-length is waiting in the pipeline to be released in September.
TUTV: It’s a nasty industrial brainfucker motorized by fierce percussion
and ominous vocals. Its haunting and bloodcurdling progression has an
instant impact on your psyche. This is sick shit. I love it.
Band: NRVS Who: Mysterious trio with an inimitable take on
humanity’s downward spiral into a dysfunctional
entropic existence. They unleashed their punk-groovy
debut EP Like You last year.
“Just another dumb song about love found & lost within
the wreckage! It happens… what are you gonna do?”
TUTV: This arresting, melancholic song sticks after just one spin. Its bluesy guitar
radiance, its bass-beat-heavy cadence and despondent vocals get under your skin.
Its melodic catchiness has irresistible written all over it. In a normal world this should
be a bloody big hit.
TUTV: Full steam ahead from the get-go, motorized by bedazzling guitars,
a relentless drum beat, and peppy vocals culminating in a pungent chorus. Lobsterbomb‘s appetite for blistering pop punk is insatiable. Don’t stop.
Band: IDLEWILD Who: Veteran Scottish
indie pop team.
Track: IT’S NOT THE FIRST TIME
Newest single from their upcoming 10th, self-titled
album, their first one in 6 years. It’ll hit the streets
on 3 October.
TUTV: Vintage Idlewild. Nostalgia and romanticism
wrapped in a sticky guitar pop melody. Welcome back.
TUTV: Your World is a glammy, full-riff-blooded, rollicking burner.
All amps up, all decibels up, while afire guitars have an ongoing
sonic fight with a badass bass and a chorus that goes airborne
every time it pops up, powered by frisky vocals.
Band: EDITRIX Who: Disorderly noise trio from Easthampton, Massachusetts.
Track: FLESH DEBT
New piece from their upcoming 3rd LP,
titled The Big E. It’ll show up on July 25.
TUTV: Bass and guitar have a metallic riff contest while vocalist Wendy Eisenberg
tells us a story. A knock-down-and-drag-out finale will blow you off your socks.
Schizophrenic electricity!
Band: THE IRRATIONAL LIBRARY Who:The Irrational Library is a Dutch-American rock band with its roots
firmly planted in both the regional and international counterculture.
Track: NOTES FROM THE PLAYGROUND Newest single from their
forthcoming, 5th full-length ‘The Saying Of It All‘. More details TBA.
TUTV: Wham bam. Here comes the rumbling blues train once again. Rollin’ and steamin’, always thundering to the pounding heartbeat of its fat groove, while hungry guitars and Joshua Baumgarten‘s stirring vocals inflame this rough ripper with extra fuel.
Band: NEWMOON Who: Popular Belgian
melodic shoegazers.
Track: SAME DISTANCE
Piece that should have been on their excellent 2024 album Temporary Light ,
but it didn’t due to vinyl constraints. It was never intended as a single or B-side.
TUTV: Yes, it would have been an unquestionable highlight on the album. But on or off it, it’s great to have this phantasmagoric pearl right now. A dream-in-motion beauty for the ears, mind, and soul. Made me immediately think of Brian Eno‘s ambient atmospherics. Wonderful. Truly wonderful.
As announced earlier on, London‘s glam rock vets SUEDE fronted by voice/face/songwriter Brett Anderson, have bagged their 10th album. It’s baptized Antidepressants and it will land on our speakers on September 5th.
Anderson about the song in an interview with NME: “The song was inspired by a gig we did a couple of years ago in Spain. I was going through a bad time personally, and the gig was just amazing. I just felt that amazing thing you have when you do a great gig. You feel like you’re bigger than something that’s just yourself – you’re part of a group of people.”
TUTV: Just like on the two previous singles, Disintegrate and Trance State, Anderson
stars in the middle with an overwhelming vocal performance, peaking on the epic chorus, and he’s backed by full of vim and vigour drums/bass tandem and glimmering guitars.
