Suede

Oh, and 'lover', got to get 'lover' in there as well.

Bowie has a computer program which can do the cut up process electronically, without having to write out all the words on little bits of paper. Someone should give him a link to ILX.

― pure dressed up like a white ninja (snoball), Friday, January 11, 2013 6:19 PM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

You never know, Bowie likes his internet doesn't he? He probably might have stumbled across these parts at some point or another. In which case... hi, Dave! Drop in, see you around, come back if you're this way again!

We got art!

http://cdn3.pitchfork.com/news/49181/da107943.jpg

We got tracklist!

1. Barriers
2. Snowblind
3. It Starts and Ends With You
4. Sabotage
5. For the Strangers
6. Hit Me
7. Sometimes I Feel I'll Float Away
8. What Are You Not Telling Me?
9. Always
10. Faultlines

*cough* ILX pre covers album *cough*

maybe "sabotage" is a beastie boys cover ?
the art is a bit cheap.
and he didn't use ANY of the lyric bingo words (in the titles) !

Snoball: if I wasn't hipdeep in the Bowie precovers album then yes.

Meantime if you're made of money

http://www.thestereoboutique.com/eu/s/suede/?intcmp=130115/suede/wmi/hp_sp/s_hp/but/bdy/row/store

maybe "sabotage" is a beastie boys cover ?

Nah...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKoAzDv9F40

I like the artwork... very Suede-like. Almost like a darker version of the Coming Up sleeve art, even! It's great that they've at least gone with something which has a bit of continuity to it rather than go with something wildly different.

oh it's totally suedey. but I dunno, I find the picture very cheap. it's certainly the idea, though !

too bad for "sabotage" that would have been an interesting concept (also the video)...

But instead of US 70's cop shows, they could have done it in the style of The Professionals.
http://watchplayread.com/files/2011/03/theprofessionals.jpg

Like the sleeve too, did Peter Saville do it?

Actual first single.

https://soundcloud.com/lunamothsuede/suede-it-starts-and-ends-with

That's two out of ten songs I like now, that's already better than A New Morning.

Not bad! Like "Barriers" a touch more on first blush but both good indeed.

I'm so desperate for them to pull this off and make a great album, even more than when the Tears album came out.

this will be a good album.

hum. the link doesn't seem to work anymore...

1h 15 minutes into this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qfhrd

Found it at 1h25m in that programme. It's kind of an innocuous radio song. About as good as The Tears.

I'm trying to hold off listening to this for as long as possible, try and keep as many surprises as possible for the first listen.

Official video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D54iGj64dis

fact : bands that use same logo/font throughout their career = classic ..

Well the sound on that YouTube clip isn't as mangled as that 6Music stream, but I still can't make out the first bit of the chorus:

Shoot up on
Justin's farter
Crawl up off my knees
of water
I cling on by my nails
to the sweet Cinzano

Didn't expect to be interested in hearing a new Suede album in 2013, but between this and "Barriers" I am.

I wasn't massively excited when I first heard these two songs, but they're pretty solid after a few listens.

Yeah, "pretty solid" covers it, but sometimes "pretty solid" is what you want.

Well exactly, this makes the current will.i.am/Britney joint sound like it's made of, ahem, balsa.

I really like Barriers but I love the single. The video is a bit dull but I guess they're just trying to keep it simple. I'm so excited to have them back!

Poor Suede. Bowie blowin up their spot when they put out "Barriers" - MBV doin the same for this...

Pretty good tune though!

Listening to a live version of 'Sabotage' on BBC 6music while waiting for the new OMD single to be played. Sounds pretty damn good.

http://www.npr.org/2013/03/10/173863969/first-listen-suede-bloodsports

Ok, this is great. It's everything I wanted from the album. I'm such a happy Suede fan right now.

They've just posted a link to this stream over on Facebook, going to fire it up for my first listen in a few minutes... feeling very excited about this!

Listening to this now. Sounds pretty good so far. I'm not playing 'Suede lyrics bingo', but I couldn't help notice the word 'aerosol' just now.

I'm not playing 'Suede lyrics bingo' either... but I'm onto the 4th track right now and this a very unexpected and pleasant surprise! I don't know if it's a great record yet (of course, that'll come with many many more listens), but right now I'm enjoying this record in a way that I haven't done with a Suede record since Coming Up!

In his lyrics I noticed a lot of things that are like other things, especially in the single and For The Lovers. Sadly no skylines or gasoline in sight.

I'm on my third listen, I'm chuffed to bits with how solid this is. The big pop songs are great and sound like they could be hits (if they were released in the late 90's) and the ballads near the end are moody and mytserious just like Suede ballads should be.

Hit Me is the most instant song on the album, good to hear Brett singing those "la la la's" again.

'Hit Me' is my favourite song on the album, the crunchy guitars and Brett's just-a-bit-too-ridiculous lyrics ("hit me with your majesty"). The second half of 'Always' is pretty good as well. I'd have liked the album to be a bit more like that. Better than 'Coming Up' and 'A New Boring'.

It's definitely better than A New Morning and Head Music. I still rate Coming Up quite highly, but I don't get a Coming Up type of vibe from this album, especially on the second half.

whoops I meant 'Head Music', not 'Coming Up'
Anyway, aside from 'Hit Me' this is definitely one of those albums where I'd have to be in the right mood to listen to it (as opposed to albums that force you into the mood to listen to them).

I don't know, I think the first half of this album is quite immediate stuff... the second half, with all the moody numbers, is going to take me a couple more listens... but my feeling at the moment is that this album is definitely a keeper. Better than I could have possibly imagined.

Hitting the fucking spot, this.

It's really pretty good, isn't it?

My wife and I went to see them at a showcase last week. She was a fan in the early 90s. Seeing Brett close to made her all girlish. She took photos. She has never done that at a gig before. Was fun being with someone getting so excited about the show.

I'm quite surprised this album gets such good critics.
I might even start to be interested and listen to it !
the track they released a few weeks ago wasn't particularly good, though...

On second play now and I think Barriers may be the worst track. This is much better than expected, even if the production isn't amazing (and I have no qualms with Ed Buller's 90s stuff, like everyone else seems to).

Importantly, it's appears to have their best melodies since the Coming Up-era.

I'm not quite sure what the worst track on the album is at this stage, but I can definitely say that I don't think 'Barriers' is it. I've had that damn chorus pop up in my head every so often since the track was available to listen to... same with 'It Starts And Ends With You'.

I think the weakest track for me might be For The Lovers, but it's not a bad track in the slightest, it's just the safest sounding song on the album. I love how they really went a short album with no filler. I always thought if they trimmed Head Music and actually The Tears album they would have been better albums.

Also I'll be the first (and maybe) last to say it, I think this album is miles better than the new Bowie one.

Good. "It Starts And Ends With You" was much better than it had a right to be.