At the end of May SUEDE released the first single of their new album. ‘She Still Leads Me On’ is a hymn to singer Brett Anderson’s mother and sets the tone of ‘Autofiction’. In fact, the upcoming record, which will be released on September 16, is about Anderson’s self-invention. It’s about his mistakes and his confusion and finally being honest with himself when he’s over 50. Musically, SUEDE leave the path of the last three albums. ‘Bloodsports’, ‘Night Thoughts’ and ‘The Blue Hour’, the first three albums after a ten-year break and released between 2013 and 2018, sounded more and more lush, full, magnificent. But the Brits have always changed their sound just when it was on the verge of becoming a cliché. They were the first Britpop band to completely free themselves from this unloved label and have since worked on new sounds again and again. This is also the case with ‘Autofiction’, as Anderson tells the NME in an interview: “I wanted to come back and make something that felt a little bit more raw, a little bit more angry, a little bit more nasty. This is our punk record, and we’re fucking proud of it.” The constant change is also important for the band, because the audience cannot be fooled: “As soon as you get bored of what you’re doing, the audience get bored.” That, one can state, has never happened to SUEDE. Even after their acclaimed reunion in 2010, the charismatic front man and his comrades-in-arms easily managed to continue their top compositional achievements and set standards in their shows. They will be again in October when SUEDE come to Germany for two exclusive shows.
Dates
Oct 11, 2022 Cologne, Gloria
Oct 12, 2022 Hamburg, Gruenspan
Tickets for the shows are available from Friday, July 8, 11 a.m. for EUR 45.00 plus fees at all known CTS advance booking offices and via the hotline +49 (0)1806 - 570070 (EUR 0.20/call from a landline, Mobile phone max. €0.60/call), via fkpscorpio.com and Eventim.
Picture by Dean Chalkley
