{"id":892012,"date":"2026-10-23T14:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T14:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/892012\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T14:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T14:42:08","slug":"suede-tell-us-about-progress-on-their-new-anarcho-punk-album-these-are-songs-of-tribes-and-belonging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/892012\/","title":{"rendered":"Suede tell us about progress on their new “anarcho-punk” album: “These are songs of tribes and belonging”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Suede<\/a> have shared with NME that they are \u201cdeep into\u201d progress on their next album, which they describe as their \u201canarcho-punk\u201d record.<\/p>\n

The band were speaking to us from the red carpet of the Mercury Prize<\/a> 2026 in Newcastle, where their 10th album \u2018Antidepressants<\/a>\u2018 was shortlisted alongside records by the likes of Jade<\/a>, Kojey Radical<\/a>, Nia Archives<\/a> and Florence & The Machine<\/a>, but ultimately lost to Raye\u2019s \u2018This Music May Contain Hope<\/a>\u2018. Ahead of their performance of \u2018Dancing With The Europeans\u2019, the alt-rock veterans shared that they didn\u2019t think too much of their chances of winning anyway, especially having already taken home the Mercury back in 1993 for their seminal self-titled debut album \u2013 not that they remember much about it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe thing is, we didn\u2019t think we were going to win and you didn\u2019t have to perform if you won, so we started partying quite early that night,\u201d said bassist Mat Osman of their big night in \u201993. I can vaguely remember giving quite an incoherent speech. After that, everything is a bit of a blur.\u201d<\/p>\n

Drummer Simon Gilbert also recalled \u201cdrinking most of the bar that night, while frontman Brett Anderson<\/a> had fond memories of being booed. \u201cI thought that was great,\u201d he admitted. \u201cI like a bit of antagonism. In the early \u201890s, all the bands hated each other. I liked that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Was there more love in the room at the 2026 Mercury Prize?<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe it\u2019s because we\u2019re old now, and people aren\u2019t intimidated by you because you\u2019re the elder statesman,\u201d Anderson replied. \u201cIt\u2019s a different role we have now. That\u2019s as nice as well, but in the early \u201890s it was funny.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"SuedeBrett Anderson of Suede performs at the 2026 Mercury Prize (Photo by JMEnternational\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Seeing as the Mercury Prize is all about celebrating the art of a great album, and as Suede have made quite a few of them themselves, we had to ask what the secret was to the magic of classic LP.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a huge question and it\u2019s unanswerable, but I do know that it\u2019s probably my biggest obsession in life: creating albums,\u201d replied Anderson. \u201cIt\u2019s always something that I\u2019ve thought about. I\u2019ve always loved the experience of listening to other people\u2019s albums. I always listen to them as a whole piece, I love putting a record on: the first side, the first song, the middle, track seven (which is very important), the second to last song, the closing song \u2013 they\u2019re all really, really key positions on an album.\u201d:<\/p>\n

Anderson continued:\u00a0\u201cWriting an album is very different from just writing a single track, writing a couple of tracks or an EP or something like that. You have to have gear changes, but at the same time, the album has to take you somewhere. All of my favourite records, they take you somewhere and they leave you there. It\u2019s not necessarily a nice place to be, but you\u2019re there. Something like [Joy Division<\/a>\u2019s] \u2018Unknown Pleasures\u2019, it takes you to this dank, dark world and it leaves you in that place. Something like [Brian Eno<\/a>\u2019s] \u2018Music For Airports\u2019 takes you to a different place, [Sex Pistols<\/a>\u2019] \u2018Never Mind The Bollocks\u2019 takes you somewhere, and they leave you in this world.\u201d<\/p>\n

The frontman added: \u201cThat\u2019s what I\u2019ve always wanted to do with our records as well. The creation of an album is a truly great artform. Probably the greatest artform of the 20th Century, and I think it\u2019s fantastic that the Mercury recognises the discipline of making an album specifically.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Speaking of great records, it looks like Suede fans won\u2019t have long to wait for another as the band told us that they\u2019re already \u201cdeep into\u201d writing their 11th album \u2013 intended as the last in another \u201ctriptych\u201d after the punk \u2018Autofiction<\/a>\u2018 and post-punk \u2018Antidepressants\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems to be kind of along those lines but maybe a bit more anthemic,\u201d said guitarist Neil Codling. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to make song-based stuff with simple, anthemic songs but kind of along the same lines as the last two records. We\u2019re deep into writing and hopefully we\u2019ll start recording soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anderson went on: \u201cSo the record we\u2019re making now is the third in the trilogy. It\u2019s going to be another punk-based record. I don\u2019t quite know what I\u2019m going to call it yet \u2013 well actually, I do know what I\u2019m going to call it \u2013 but I don\u2019t know how I\u2019m going to define it yet. The first one [\u2018Autofiction\u2019] I said was our \u2018punk record\u2019, the second one [\u2018Antidepressants\u2019] I said was our post-punk record, the third one I\u2019m going to call our \u2018something\u2019 punk record.\u201d<\/p>\n

Future punk, perhaps? \u201cAnarcho-punk?\u201d suggested Anderson, before Gilbert threw in the idea of \u201csteam punk\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we started writing it, it was a bit like anarcho-punk actually,\u201d Anderson admitted. \u201cThat\u2019s what I thought was the parallel, but I don\u2019t know yet. I think it\u2019s important to message very broadly and say that it\u2019s a genre because it helps people understand these things. When you\u2019re talking about a record, when you\u2019re messaging a record, it\u2019s got to be in very simplistic terms. It\u2019s a very broad brush, it\u2019s a very blunt instrument..<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously we didn\u2019t just make a punk record, obviously we didn\u2019t just make a post-punk record, obviously this won\u2019t be an anarcho-punk record, but it\u2019s a broad place for people to position it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Asked about the lyrical character of the album, the frontman said that \u201cthere are a lot of songs about tribes and belonging on it\u201d. Now, Suede\u2019s own tribe may get the chance to hear a bit of the record when they hit the road for a co-headline UK arena tour with Manic Street Preachers<\/a> next week, with the band teasing that one or two songs may be debuted in the setlist.<\/p>\n

Do they have a message for the Manics? Some kind of competitive banter for the Welsh icons to bring their A-game?<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, it\u2019s difficult actually because they\u2019re just watching sport all the time,\u201d replied Isman. \u201cThey\u2019re glued to the darts and the rugby so they don\u2019t really care!<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t need to do it via you because they\u2019re lovely boys and we always have such fun being on tour with them,\u201d said Anderson. \u201cWe\u2019ve known then since 1994 or something like that. It\u2019s an interesting package because we\u2019re similar but not too similar. There\u2019s an interesting overlap with Suede and the Manics.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gilbert added: \u201cIt\u2019s like going on holiday with your mates.\u201d<\/p>\n

Suede and Manic Street Preachers\u2019 co-headline UK arena tour kicks off at Glasgow OVO Arena on Wednesday October 28. Visit here for tickets<\/a> and more information.<\/p>\n