Suede Unleash Punk Anthem “Antidepressants”
Suede have dropped a blistering new punk song, “Antidepressants,” their first release since 2022. Captured in a live video from a summer 2024 performance at London’s Alexandra Palace, the track roared to life during a joint tour with Manic Street Preachers.
“Antidepressants” channels the raw energy of punk while weaving in the moody, gothic textures of post-punk icons like The Cure and Siouxsie and the Banshees. It’s a sound that feels both familiar and thrillingly untamed.
The band’s most recent album, Autofiction, hit the scene in September 2022, marked by a gritty, garage-punk edge that set it apart from their earlier work. Now, Suede are hard at work on their next record, with hints that they’re doubling down on the fearless approach sparked by Autofiction. “Antidepressants” is proof of that—a track that echoes the spirit of their last album while carving out its own jagged path.
Back in 2022, frontman Brett Anderson shared a glimpse of what’s to come:
“The next record we’re planning to write—and we’ve already started—will be far more experimental. I don’t know if there’s some grand arc with Autofiction. I don’t see it as part of a set of albums… You just have to take it one release at a time. I think of the last three records as pieces of a whole—especially Night Thoughts (2016) and The Blue Hour (2022). But the next one will be something entirely different.”
Anderson believes Suede’s forthcoming tenth album will be their boldest yet. For him, it’s an exhilarating prospect—a chance to keep pushing boundaries at this stage in their career rather than settling into routine. Making new music, he says, is what gets him out of bed in the morning.
