Suede

Press release I got calls them the London Suede.

Yup. And on iTunes as well. rmg;lrsgjshjtjt;a

I'm so shocked at the good reaction this album has had, even from the critics.

http://www.metacritic.com/music/bloodsports/suede/critic-reviews

It really does deserve it though. Listening to it last night I realised I actually like as much as Coming Up. It's totally turned me back into a Suede fanboy.

When I was in America a couple of years back I bought a copy of Coming Up by The London Suede and took it back for my friend in the UK. He was delighted and just couldn't believe they had to do that name change in the first place. I should get him some Charlatans UK too next time I'm there.

I actually like the name London Suede, and find it much better than Suede UK.

Always makes me think of London Fog, though.

I like The British Suede and think they should be called that everywhere all the time. See also: The Chelmsford Squarepusher, The British Bolt Thrower, Morrissey UK and Anglo-Blur.

At least the US band the Charlatans was fairly popular and still shows up frequently on '60s psych-pop comps; I've never heard of the American Suede except in regard to the legal tussle with the popular British band.

Is this a thing? For some reason all these "XYZ UK" bands are all late 80s - early 90s

xpost That's why I think it's hilarious, that some DC area folk singer that no one has heard of forced Suede to change its name in the US.

xp - oops I meant: is this STILL a thing?

this sounds good but pluralizing "bloodsport" is simply terrible

http://cdn1.screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/Bloodsport-Remake-Phillip-Noyce.jpg

pluralising sport is simply terrible

It should be pluralized "spurts."

Bloodspurts.

bloodsports is usually plural isn't it? (at least in UK)

Bloodmaths.

Joining the chorus of this being surprising good.

ditto. Not sure about the final couple of tracks though, give me more like 'it starts and ends with you'

ROBBIE WILLIAMS SPEAKS OUT ABOUT BRETT ANDERSON
http://www.robbiewilliams.com/news-blogs/just-musing-a-supposed-brett-anderson-quote
THEN THANKS HIM
http://www.robbiewilliams.com/news-blogs/thank-you-brett

The only negative is that Suede remain the band most likely to make you think your speakers are fucked. Someone should have turned the reverb down just a notch.

― Eyeball Kicks, Monday, March 18, 2013 9:09 PM (4 days ago)

I've also never heard such a bad mastering job. The clipping on tracks 8 and 10, especially, is nuts.

PLEASE SAY HELLO TO YOUR DRUMMER
HE WAS CONSISTENTLY LOVELY WITH ME

is the drummer the gay one?

is the drummer the gay one?

― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, March 22, 2013 3:39 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yup!

Still very much enjoying this album!

consistently lovely with me

I've got two of the bonus tracks, but the Japanese-only one and the 7" single tracks are still out there...somewhere.

The clipping on tracks 8 and 10, especially, is nuts.

Do you mean that the recording is distorted? I should revisit those tracks and check it out. Not sure what you mean though.

The recording is distorted, yes, because it has been mastered to be too loud. Clipping sounds like crackling, not so different from your speakers being fucked or the noise you get when the reception on a radio isn't so great.

On track 8, What Are You Not Telling Me?, the crackling is worst from 2:23 to 2:40, but it's all over the track and other tracks.

this got me listening to Dog Man Star again - Christ that record is nearly perfect

The recording is distorted, yes, because it has been mastered to be too loud. Clipping sounds like crackling, not so different from your speakers being fucked or the noise you get when the reception on a radio isn't so great.

On track 8, What Are You Not Telling Me?, the crackling is worst from 2:23 to 2:40, but it's all over the track and other tracks.

― Eyeball Kicks

Yeah I noticed it on this song too, thought it was just the download I had. I am away from my CD's at the moment so can't compare it against a real copy.

Sad to see this album is looking like missing the top ten in the album chart. Album sales are so low at the moment I thought this would chart a lot higher. If the The courteeners can shift almost 30,000 copies of their album I thought Suede would easily be able to do the same.

Still proud of calling Dog Man Stae my fave of 1994.

Same here and that really was a great year for albums.

Sheer magnificence at Nottingham Rock City last night. Nine new songs - including the three closing ballads, played live for the first time - and nine old ones. Nothing from Head Music (or from A New Morning, which goes without saying really). B-side treat: Killing Of A Flash Boy, during which Brett was mobbed and sank from view for most of the song. Set opened with the first three tracks from Bloodsports, which worked very well indeed; Barriers is ideal as a set-starter, and It Starts And Ends With You induced actual shivers (surprising, but spines don't lie). Main set closed with Trash & Beautiful Ones; shit was duly lost. Encore closed with New Generation. Fucking hell they were good.

(I reviewed it for the paper, but it's vulgar to link to your own reviews, so I won't.)

(But here's a photo from last night: https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/150423_580979511915190_628883679_n.jpg )

This isn't you, is it, mike? http://nottinghamconfidential.blogspot.com/2013/03/suede-at-nottingham-rock-city-review.html?m=1

Ha, no! But I agree with the review - particularly the bits about Brett's enduring foxiness, ahum.

Wife and I agreed last night that she can leave me for Brett and I can leave her for Connie Britton should it all go horribly wrong at home. What Brett and Connie Britton would have to say about this remains to be seen, but I can't see they'd mind.

Don't think that much of the new record, but "Fautlines" is lovely, up there with the good stuff.

I don't think anyone else has pointed this out, but "Faultlines" pretty much recycles the melody from Brett's solo song "Clowns" - easily his best tune of the last decade.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gyteb16owdk

The new album is terrific! The final mix is awful though: it hurts my ears.

Yeah it crackles pretty awful.

I don't think anyone else has pointed this out, but "Faultlines" pretty much recycles the melody from Brett's solo song "Clowns" - easily his best tune of the last decade.

― Eyeball Kicks

I guess he just figured hardly anyone heard that song so he would get away with it. Not sure what I'd nominate as his best song of the last decade. Maybe the song he did with Pleasure? I really liked his third solo album Slow Attack, maybe something off that.

I only noticed those crackles on What Are You Not Telling Me. Have you either of you listened to it on CD? So far I've only heard a download and figured the quality wasn't perfect. I do have the CD but I'm not able to play it at the moment as I'm away from my collection.

Yeah, the crackles are on the CD. Tracks 8 & 10 especially. It was driving me crazy cos I was having some trouble with my speakers anyway, but then it was a minor issue in Suede forums and audiophile forums so at least my speakers were fine.

Which works! Those are the worst tracks.

No they're not. The weird thing about this record is that every song is kinda 8/10, without exception. Nothing above, nothing below.

Barriers is the worst and me think the album would be a huge letdown

LOVED Suede. Even really enjoyed the Tears record, but this one just hasn't hit for me yet. Seems relentlessly polite, unsurprising and middle-aged... like a British Gin Blossoms or something.

Enjoyed "It Starts and Ends With You" in the way one would enjoy an above average third single, but other than that... eh. I always lose interest halfway through.

Please tell me which song on here I should try listening to over and over to fix this problem I have. Wanna love it.

No they're not. The weird thing about this record is that every song is kinda 8/10, without exception. Nothing above, nothing below.

― Eyeball Kicks

Yeah I kind of agree with this, no weak tracks. Hit Me might be the only one I'd rate higher than a 9.