Suede have confirmed that a third album in their ongoing trilogy is on the horizon, with Brett Anderson telling fans it will arrive later this decade.
The Britpop veterans revealed the news during their sold-out In The Round show at London’s Southbank Centre on Tuesday, August 27, where they performed their upcoming record Antidepressants in full, several weeks before its release.
From the stage, frontman Anderson made a statement of intent that has defined Suede’s late career.
“We are the anti-nostalgia band,” Anderson, 57, told the crowd.
That message ran through the entire night, with the band leaning heavily into the new material before closing with an encore of songs from their 2010s comeback albums Bloodsports (2013), Night Thoughts (2016), The Blue Hour (2018), and 2022’s Autofiction.
The black and white trilogy
Antidepressants, released September 5 via BMG, is the second part of what Anderson calls Suede’s “black and white” trilogy. The follow-up, he teased, will arrive before the decade is out.
Introducing Life Is Endless, Life Is A Moment, the final track on the album, Anderson told the audience:
“Thank you so much. This is our second black and white album of the 2020s. There will be a third black and white album. And then we will go to a different colour!”
Suede takeover at the Southbank Centre
The performance opened a six-date residency at the Southbank Centre, billed as Suede’s Takeover. The band are mixing live shows with film screenings and special events.
September 12, Purcell Room – A screening of The Insatiable Ones documentary (2018) followed by a discussion with journalist Miranda Sawyer and director Mike Christie.
September 13–14, Royal Festival Hall – Two nights of classic hits and new material, with Bloodworm supporting on the 13th and Gazelle Twin on the 14th.
September 17, Purcell Room – An intimate off-mic performance.
September 19, Queen Elizabeth Hall – Suede’s first orchestral headline show with the Paraorchestra.
What to expect from Antidepressants
Anderson has described Antidepressants as Suede’s “post-punk record”, setting it apart from Autofiction, which he called their “punk record”.
“It’s about the tensions of modern life, the paranoia, the anxiety, the neurosis,” Anderson explained. “We are all striving for connection in a disconnected world. The album is called Antidepressants. This is broken music for broken people.”
The album will be available on CD (standard and deluxe editions), vinyl (standard and colour variants), picture disc LP, cassette, and as a deluxe box set.
