The British rock band Suede performed a never heard before song during their lively set at the Isle of Wight festival. Brett Anderson, the front man, confirmed that the song’s name is ‘Antidepressants’, and that it’s from their unreleased tenth album.
The new song and album moves away from their typical rock genre, and embraces a new, experimental, post-punk style, performed in sprechgesang mode. It contains their true Suede traits, but introduces a new option and genre for the Britpop band. Fans captured the performance of the unreleased song, which you can watch below.
Their performance of ‘Antidepressants’ has been extremely well received by fans, with listeners taking to X to express their excitement for the band’s new sound alongside their eagerness for the release.
Dear X, Suede’s new song Antidepressants! I like it!
— childchild (@childchild) June 23, 2024
The five piece were headlining the Big Top Stage on the Saturday of this year’s festival, and attracted a huge crowd, alongside stirring anticipation for the band’s new album and era. This year’s festival held a star studded lineup, with performances throughout the day from Pet Shop Boys, Blossoms, and Keane. The Sunday lineup does not disappoint either, with sets from the iconic rock band Greenday, alongside Simple Minds and Zara Larsson.
Suede’s new album will be their first since ‘Autofiction’, however in the past two years they have released deluxe editions of albums such as ‘Autofiction’, which included the loved but unreleased song ‘The Sadness In You, The Sadness In Me’, and ‘Bloodsports’, which was released earlier this year and included eight new songs, such as ‘Nothing Can Stop Us’, ‘No Holding Back’, and ‘What Violet Says’. However, fans are still being left in anticipation as the band has not yet confirmed when the new album will be released, and ‘Antidepressants’ is yet to reach any streaming platforms. So far, there is very little information known about their new album apart from the fact that it is “much more experimental”, which Mat Osman, Suede’s bassist, told NME in 2022.
There is hope for more information and new music as the band embark on their co-headline UK and Ireland tour with the Manic Street Preachers. The two iconic 90s rock bands are travelling to Cardiff, Manchester, London, Leeds, Edinburgh, Margate, and Dublin, and you can find any remaining tickets for their tour here. Following the tour, Suede will then perform at Heritage Live on August 1st. This huge outdoor show in Essex will see performances from Suede, Johnny Marr from The Smiths, and Nadine Shah, you can find tickets here.
Since reforming after a performance for the Teenage Cancer Trust Foundation in 2010, after being broken up since 2003, the band have seen lots of popularity, as fans loved ‘Bloodsports’, their first album after reforming, and loved ‘Nightsports’ even more, which is unsurprising considering Bowie labelled them as a future “institution” that deserved recognition from the Royal Family.
