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Suede Release 'Antidepressants,' Their Post‑Punk Reinvention to Strong Reviews

Brett Anderson frames Suede as anti‑nostalgia, focusing on new work over legacy hits.

Overview

  • The band’s 10th studio album arrived on September 5, 2025, marking their latest phase since reuniting in 2010.
  • The Evening Standard hailed the record as "electrifying" and "life‑saving," calling it timely and vital.
  • The Guardian praised a late‑career surge, noting post‑punk textures, influences from Magazine and Joy Division, and production by longtime collaborator Ed Buller.
  • Anderson describes the album as their post‑punk statement following 2022’s punk‑leaning Autofiction.
  • He positions Suede as an anti‑nostalgia act yet accepts the need to draw on 1990s hits at festivals.