Antidepressants captures the fire of Suede live
Suede have released their tenth studio album Antidepressants, out now via BMG.
Produced by: Ed Buller
Charged with the visceral energy that has come to define their live shows, Antidepressants is the band’s first new music since 2022’s Autofiction, their highest-charting record in over 20 years. Written and recorded after years of performing to the largest audiences of their career across more than 14 countries, the new album distills the power of Suede’s stage presence into a studio record. The sessions were captured live with longtime producer Ed Buller, who first worked with the band in 1992 on their debut single ‘The Drowners.’ Recorded between Belgium’s ICP Studios, London’s RAK and Sleeper Sounds, and RMV in Sweden, the album embraces widescreen ambition while remaining raw at its core.
The lead single ‘Disintegrate’ sets the tone for the project. Released after premiering on Steve Lamacq’s BBC 6Music show, the track arrives with a stark black-and-white video directed by Chris Turner, glitching toward visual ruin as the band performs. The song serves as an anthemic meditation on mortality, flipping the fear of death into a dark celebration of demise. Across the rest of the album, songs like ‘Dancing With The Europeans,’ ‘Broken Music For Broken People,’ and ‘Life Is Endless, Life Is A Moment’ channel the anxieties and neuroses of modern life while pushing Suede’s sound into a post-punk landscape.
Frontman Brett Anderson says of the album:
“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.”
With Antidepressants, Suede mark a new phase in their career more than three decades on. Bassist Mat Osman calls it “a widescreen and ambitious record” and one that feels designed for big stages. From the urgent punch of ‘Disintegrate’ to the expansive textures of ‘Somewhere Between An Atom And A Star,’ the record embodies a band still pushing forward, unwilling to rest on past success. Set against the backdrop of their upcoming Suede Takeover residency at London’s Southbank Centre, Antidepressants affirms that Suede remain one of the most vital voices in British alternative music.
Standout Songs: ‘Dancing With The Europeans,’ ‘Antidepressants,’ ‘Sound and the Summer,’ and ‘Trance State.’
Release Date: September 5, 2025
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