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Photo by Dean Chalkley
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Biography
An exhilarating reunion at London’s Royal Albert Hall in 2010. Three incredible and by turn bombastic, expansive and bleakly ornate new records in 2013’s ‘Bloodsports’, 2016’s ‘Night Thoughts’ and 2018’s ‘The Blue Hour’. Infinite shows and festivals all over the planet. And now the raucous physicality of new album ‘Autofiction’. Since reforming, Suede have reminded us again and again that, beyond the breakthroughs and breakdowns, the trends and the bends, their brilliantly acerbic songs have lasted the test of time. And ravenous artistic compulsion propels them ever forward.
So, in 2010, seven years after winding down, Suede unexpectedly wound up again. And “wound up” is about right for this band. Their return triggered a flood of memories; frenzied performances, high-wire ambition, life-changing impact. For once, the headline “The Best New Band In Britain” was warranted, positioned over their photo on the cover of Melody Maker. Top 10 crasher ‘Animal Nitrate’ was followed by Suede, the biggest selling UK album debut since Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s Welcome To The Pleasuredome and, soon, winner of the Mercury Music prize. Suede were trailblazers, innovators, cultural aggregators, and everyone wanted a piece.
If anything, Britpop generated Suede’s next phase. The next album would be, “a lot stranger”. With Bernard Butler now engrossed by Joy Division and Scott Walker, the next single ‘Stay Together’ weighed in at eight intensely dramatic minutes. But ironically, the partnership was ripped apart by attendant pressures on two quite different personalities and Bernard quit before ‘Dog Man Star’ was even released. ‘Dog Man Star’ topped the UK charts but was symbolically knocked off by Oasis’ Definitely Maybe. Bernard’s replacement Richard Oakes fitted Suede’s aesthetic of transforming your grotty reality, plus “he brought unity to the band,” Brett recalls. “We became a little gang. And he had the ability to make the kind of album we wanted.”
The gang became five when Simon’s cousin Neil Codling also joined, bringing songwriting nous, insouciant presence and perfect cheekbones. Anyone doubting Suede’s chances of surviving the split were rocked when the resulting ‘Coming Up’, Suede’s pop zenith, charted at number one in the UK and spawned an astounding four top ten hits. Suede’s fourth album ‘Head Music’ made in-roads toward a more electronic-rhythmic sound. When Neil left, and Brett finally admitted drugs had got the better of him, it was clear something had stalled. They soldiered on, released ‘A New Morning’ in 2002 to muted response.
Brett’s escape was to announce Suede were on sabbatical. He and Bernard soon formed The Tears and released ‘Here Come The Tears’, but Brett’s solo albums indicate where his heart truly lay throughout the next few years – bombastic; now pastoral; now burnishing folk with delicate electronic elements, then deconstructing and reconstructing post-punk.
With that said, Suede’s reunion was what really re-lit the touchpaper, even if the burn was to be slow at first. When Teenage Cancer Trust asked if Suede would play a benefit, everyone agreed the time felt right. After two intimate warm-ups, the Royal Albert Hall show was astonishing. To even fervent fans, the ecstatic tension between them and Suede hadn’t dropped an iota.
Fast forward to September 16th 2022: Suede release ‘Autofiction’ – “their punk album”. A record that crackles with the sort of exuberant fire familiar to anyone who has seen the band live in recent years. If 30 years ago, ‘The Drowners’ was a rattling anthem for the blurred sexuality and vivacity of unusual youth, then Autofiction’s grappling with concerns of a different point in life sound no less vital. “It does feel like a new page to me,” says Anderson. “I always thought of the first three records as a trilogy in a way, and the last three too. ‘Autofiction’ has a natural freshness, it’s where we want to be.” And where Suede want to be is, in a way, the same place as they were when they began 30 years ago – a group of people living off the raw sensation of making a racket in a room.
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What’s this? The front cover of an actual, physical magazine, full of great writing and smart photos? What a time to be alive….
In anticipation of their upcoming album Antidepressants, Suede feature on the cover of the September issue of @MOJOmagazine, available in shops from Monday.
...https://www.greatmagazines.co.uk/mojo-september-2025-cover-1?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bau_mojo&utm_content=mojo_suede
In anticipation of their upcoming album Antidepressants, Suede feature on the cover of the September issue of @mojo4music, available in shops from Monday.
The issue comes with an exclusive Outsiders CD featuring live, rare, and unreleased tracks including ‘Criminal Ways’, a brand new ...and previously unheard track from Antidepressants, and early demo ‘Just A Girl’.
Subscribers will receive their copies this weekend.
Tracklist:
1. The Drowners (Live From Brixton Academy, London, 1993)
2. Brass In Pocket
3. Just A Girl
4. Have You Ever Been This Low?
5. Graffiti Women
6. Europe Is Our Playground (Live From The Paradiso, Amsterdam, 1996)
7. Poor Little Rich Girl (feat. Raissa)
8. Outsiders
9. Manipulation
10. Personality Disorder
11. Black Ice (Live From O2 Guildhall, Southampton, 2023)
12. Shadow Self (Demo)
13. Disintegrate (Demo)
14. Antidepressants (Live From Alexandra Palace, London, 2024)
15. Criminal Ways
- SuedeHQ
In anticipation of their upcoming album Antidepressants, Suede feature on the cover of the September issue of MOJO, available in shops from Monday.
The issue comes with an exclusive Outsiders CD featuring live, rare, and unreleased tracks including 'Criminal Ways', a brand new ...and previously unheard track from Antidepressants, and early demo 'Just A Girl'.
Subscribers will receive their copies this weekend.
https://www.greatmagazines.co.uk/mojo-september-2025-cover-1?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bau_mojo&utm_content=mojo_suede
Tracklist:
1. The Drowners (Live From Brixton Academy, London, 1993)
2. Brass In Pocket
3. Just A Girl
4. Have You Ever Been This Low?
5. Graffiti Women
6. Europe Is Our Playground (Live From The Paradiso, Amsterdam, 1996)
7. Poor Little Rich Girl (feat. Raissa)
8. Outsiders
9. Manipulation
10. Personality Disorder
11. Black Ice (Live From O2 Guildhall, Southampton, 2023)
12. Shadow Self (Demo)
13. Disintegrate (Demo)
14. Antidepressants (Live From Alexandra Palace, London, 2024)
15. Criminal Ways
Is it me or her? #Suede #LiveMusic #AltMusic
From The Insatiable Ones documentary. #Suede #MatOsman #BrettAnderson
We just wanted to shine a light on something special made by Suede fans, for Suede fans.
Litter On The Breeze is an unofficial, independently created podcast that explores the band’s music, stories, and the incredible community around it.
https://bit.ly/LitterOnTheBreeze
...
- SuedeHQ
We just wanted to shine a light on something special made by Suede fans, for Suede fans.
Litter On The Breeze is an unofficial, independently created podcast that explores the band’s music, stories, and the incredible community around it.
Have a listen wherever you get your ...podcasts: https://bit.ly/LitterOnTheBreeze
- SuedeHQ
We just wanted to shine a light on something special made by Suede fans, for Suede fans.
@litteronthebreeze1 is an unofficial, independently created podcast that explores the band’s music, stories, and the incredible community around it.
Have a listen wherever you get your ...podcasts.
- SuedeHQ
In anticipation of their upcoming album Antidepressants, Suede feature on the cover of the September issue of @mojo4music, available in shops from Monday.
The issue comes with an exclusive ...Outsiders CD featuring live, rare, and unreleased tracks including ‘Criminal Ways’, a brand new and previously unheard track from Antidepressants, and early demo ‘Just A Girl’.
Subscribers will receive their copies this weekend.
Tracklist:
1. The Drowners (Live From Brixton Academy, London, 1993)
2. Brass In Pocket
3. Just A Girl
4. Have You Ever Been This Low?
5. Graffiti Women
6. Europe Is Our Playground (Live From The Paradiso, Amsterdam, 1996)
7. Poor Little Rich Girl (feat. Raissa)
8. Outsiders
9. Manipulation
10. Personality Disorder
11. Black Ice (Live From O2 Guildhall, Southampton, 2023)
12. Shadow Self (Demo)
13. Disintegrate (Demo)
14. Antidepressants (Live From Alexandra Palace, London, 2024)
15. Criminal Ways
- SuedeHQ
We just wanted to shine a light on something special made by Suede fans, for Suede fans.
@litteronthebreeze1 is an unofficial, independently created podcast that explores the band’s music,... stories, and the incredible community around it.
Have a listen wherever you get your podcasts.
- SuedeHQ
"Saw it all on the video phone
Heard a voice cry soft and low."
Photo by @deanchalkley_
- SuedeHQ
“We’re cut down like the daisies, like the tall poppies.”
- SuedeHQ
Suede will be performing at the Busan International Rock Festival in South Korea this September.
More info at the @busanrockfest website.
- SuedeHQ
“If Autofiction was our punk record, Antidepressants is our post-punk record. It’s about the tensions of modern life, the paranoia, the anxiety, the neurosis. We are all striving for connection ...in a disconnected world. This was the feel I wanted the songs to have. The album is called Antidepressants. This is broken music for broken people.” - Brett
Antidepressants - Coming September 5th.
Pre-save the album and pre-order at the link in bio.
- SuedeHQ
Thank you Mallorca.
Next up for Suede: #R2InThePark and the Southbank Takeover this September to celebrate the release of ‘Antidepressants’.
📹 Javi Herranz
- SuedeHQ
‘Trance State’ is Track of the Week on @absoluteradio. Listen to the evening show with @danielle__perry from 7pm to hear it.
- SuedeHQ
Thanks to @bbcradio2 for adding ‘Trance State’ to the Radio 2 playlist. Tune in and listen on @bbcsounds from Saturday to hear it.
- SuedeHQ
Trance State - the second track to be released from Suede’s new album ‘Antidepressants’ is out digitally today and available to stream at the link in bio.
- SuedeHQ
@jowhiley will premiere Suede’s new single ‘Trance State’ on @bbcradio2 tomorrow evening, Wednesday 11th June. Tune in from 7:30pm BST or catch up on @bbcsounds.
- SuedeHQ
Disintegrate - Directed by Chris Turner, aka Favourite Colour: Black
“This was pretty much my dream brief. Fantastic track by a fantastic band. Black and white, lo-fi, performance-based ...and with visuals that disintegrate as the video plays out. All achieved in-camera, utilising progressively lower quality equipment, shooting and re-shooting from screens as the signal was increasingly interrupted. Worship the glitch!” - @favcolblk
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What’s this? The front cover of an actual, physical magazine, full of great writing and smart photos? What a time to be alive….
In anticipation of their upcoming album Antidepressants, Suede feature on the cover of the September issue of @MOJOmagazine, available in shops from Monday.
...https://www.greatmagazines.co.uk/mojo-september-2025-cover-1?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bau_mojo&utm_content=mojo_suede
We just wanted to shine a light on something special made by Suede fans, for Suede fans.
Litter On The Breeze is an unofficial, independently created podcast that explores the band’s ...music, stories, and the incredible community around it.
https://bit.ly/LitterOnTheBreeze
- SuedeHQ
"Saw it all on the video phone
Heard a voice cry soft and low."
https://suede.lnk.to/Antidepressants
Photo by @deanchalkley_
- SuedeHQ
"We're cut down like the daisies, like the tall poppies."
https://suede.lnk.to/AntidepressantsTW
- SuedeHQ
Suede will be performing at the Busan International Rock Festival in South Korea this September.
More info at https://busanrockfestival.com/
- SuedeHQ
Antidepressants - Coming September 5th.
https://suede.lnk.to/AntidepressantsTW
- SuedeHQ
Thank you Mallorca.
Next up for Suede: #R2InThePark and the Southbank Takeover this September to celebrate the release of 'Antidepressants'.
📹 @jherranz
- ...SuedeHQ
‘Trance State' is Track of the Week on @absoluteradio. Listen to the evening show with @danielleperry from 7pm to hear it.
- SuedeHQ
Listen to Suede (@suedeHQ)'s impressive new rocker "Trance State"


Later this year, the glammy Britpop greats Suede will release their album Antidepressants, which they recorded with longtime producer Ed Butler....
www.stereogum.comThanks to @BBCRadio2 for adding 'Trance State' to the Radio 2 playlist. Tune in and listen on @BBCSounds from Saturday to hear it.
- SuedeHQ
.@suedeHQ unleash new single 'Trance State' - a song that revels in emotions that are extreme, but also extremely honest...
https://t.co/Al6rqi0W6U
Is it me or her? #Suede #LiveMusic #AltMusic
From The Insatiable Ones documentary. #Suede #MatOsman #BrettAnderson
Just Neil from Hull... #Suede #NeilCodling #AltMusic
Trash #BehindTheSong
The Wild Ones - Live in Odense, 2022. 📹 Hagar Itzikson #Suede #Acoustic
'She's in Fashion' was released as the second single from 'Head Music' on this day in 1999. #Suede
Saturday night in Tokyo. #Suede #AltMusic #90s
Antidepressants - Coming September 5th. #Suede #BehindTheSong
Richard Oakes was only 17 when he joined Suede ⏮️ From The Insatiable Ones documentary. #Suede
Thank you Mallorca. #Suede
TRANCE STATE - OUT NOW #Suede #NewMusic
Suede - Trance State (Official Lyric Video)