19th May 2025
Suede return with ‘Disintegrate’ to announce new album ‘Antidepressants’ and London Southbank takeover
“If 'Autofiction' was our punk record, 'Antidepressants' is our post-punk record"
By
Max Pilley
Suede have announced their new album ‘Antidepressants’ and shared its lead single ‘Disingtegrate’ – check it out below.
The band’s 10th studio album will be released on September 5 via BMG – pre-order it here – and later that month, the NME Godlike Genius recipients will take over London’s Southbank Centre for a series of four exclusive headline shows.
It is the follow-up to their acclaimed 2022 album ‘Autofiction’, and based on ‘Disintegrate’, it will see the band further embrace goth-flavoured punk influences, as also teased by a recently-shared live video for the new album’s title track.
Watch the black-and-white video for ‘Disintegrate’, directed by Chris Turner, here
Speaking about the album, frontman Brett Anderson has said: “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.”
‘Antidepressants’ was recorded live with Ed Buller, who produced a number of Suede’s records since they first worked together on debut single ‘The Drowners’ in 1992. “It is genuinely exciting being in this band,” Anderson continued. “It feels like we’re still pushing creatively.”
Bassist Mat Osman added: “This is a widescreen and ambitious record. It’s a big stage record and it’s taking it up a gear.”
The quartet of London shows will be Suede’s first gigs at the Southbank Centre since playing David Bowie’s Meltdown Festival in 2002. Anderson has said: “Expect old songs, new songs, borrowed songs, blue songs, drama, melody, noise, sweat and a couple of surprises.”
The fourth show will be Suede’s first-ever full orchestral headline show, in collaboration with the Paraorchestra. Southbank Centre members can access an exclusive ticket presale at 10am on Wednesday (May 21), while fans who pre-order the album here can access a presale code from 10am on Thursday (May 22). Tickets go on general sale at 10am on Friday (May 23).
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