We got art!
http://cdn3.pitchfork.com/news/49181/da107943.jpg
We got tracklist!
1. Barriers2. Snowblind3. It Starts and Ends With You4. Sabotage5. For the Strangers6. Hit Me7. Sometimes I Feel I'll Float Away8. What Are You Not Telling Me?9. Always10. Faultlines
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 16 January 2013 16:23 (eleven years ago) link
*cough* ILX pre covers album *cough*
― pure dressed up like a white ninja (snoball), Wednesday, 16 January 2013 16:25 (eleven years ago) link
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) !
― AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 16 January 2013 16:30 (eleven years ago) link
Snoball: if I wasn't hipdeep in the Bowie precovers album then yes.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 16 January 2013 16:32 (eleven years ago) link
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
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 16 January 2013 16:40 (eleven years ago) link
maybe "sabotage" is a beastie boys cover ?
Nah...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKoAzDv9F40
― Eyeball Kicks, Wednesday, 16 January 2013 16:42 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Wednesday, 16 January 2013 16:42 (eleven years ago) link
oh it's totally suedey. but I dunno, I find the picture very cheap. it's certainly the idea, though !
― AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 16 January 2013 16:55 (eleven years ago) link
too bad for "sabotage" that would have been an interesting concept (also the video)...
― AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 16 January 2013 16:56 (eleven years ago) link
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
― pure dressed up like a white ninja (snoball), Wednesday, 16 January 2013 17:07 (eleven years ago) link
Like the sleeve too, did Peter Saville do it?
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 16 January 2013 18:30 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― Kitchen Person, Saturday, 2 February 2013 05:55 (eleven years ago) link
Not bad! Like "Barriers" a touch more on first blush but both good indeed.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 2 February 2013 06:11 (eleven years ago) link
I'm so desperate for them to pull this off and make a great album, even more than when the Tears album came out.
― Kitchen Person, Saturday, 2 February 2013 06:25 (eleven years ago) link
this will be a good album.
― life, liberty, and perverted justice (boy_slayer), Saturday, 2 February 2013 07:00 (eleven years ago) link
hum. the link doesn't seem to work anymore...
― AlXTC from Paris, Saturday, 2 February 2013 12:04 (eleven years ago) link
1h 15 minutes into this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qfhrd
― 'Separate Lives', by Phil Collins & Marilyn Manson (PaulTMA), Saturday, 2 February 2013 12:32 (eleven years ago) link
Found it at 1h25m in that programme. It's kind of an innocuous radio song. About as good as The Tears.
― Eyeball Kicks, Saturday, 2 February 2013 12:58 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Saturday, 2 February 2013 13:22 (eleven years ago) link
Official video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D54iGj64dis
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 2 February 2013 22:46 (eleven years ago) link
fact : bands that use same logo/font throughout their career = classic ..
― mark e, Saturday, 2 February 2013 22:48 (eleven years ago) link
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 onJustin's farterCrawl up off my kneesof waterI cling on by my nailsto the sweet Cinzano
― Prisoner: Cell Block J/K (snoball), Saturday, 2 February 2013 23:00 (eleven years ago) link
Didn't expect to be interested in hearing a new Suede album in 2013, but between this and "Barriers" I am.
― michaellambert, Saturday, 2 February 2013 23:02 (eleven years ago) link
I wasn't massively excited when I first heard these two songs, but they're pretty solid after a few listens.
― Prisoner: Cell Block J/K (snoball), Saturday, 2 February 2013 23:04 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, "pretty solid" covers it, but sometimes "pretty solid" is what you want.
― michaellambert, Saturday, 2 February 2013 23:05 (eleven years ago) link
Well exactly, this makes the current will.i.am/Britney joint sound like it's made of, ahem, balsa.
― Prisoner: Cell Block J/K (snoball), Saturday, 2 February 2013 23:07 (eleven years ago) link
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!
― Kitchen Person, Sunday, 3 February 2013 00:05 (eleven years ago) link
Poor Suede. Bowie blowin up their spot when they put out "Barriers" - MBV doin the same for this...
Pretty good tune though!
― mr.raffles, Sunday, 3 February 2013 03:49 (eleven years ago) link
Listening to a live version of 'Sabotage' on BBC 6music while waiting for the new OMD single to be played. Sounds pretty damn good.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Monday, 11 February 2013 14:29 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.npr.org/2013/03/10/173863969/first-listen-suede-bloodsports
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 11 March 2013 04:17 (eleven years ago) link
Ok, this is great. It's everything I wanted from the album. I'm such a happy Suede fan right now.
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 11 March 2013 07:57 (eleven years ago) link
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!
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Monday, 11 March 2013 10:11 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― Half of these sound like rappers. (snoball), Monday, 11 March 2013 10:33 (eleven years ago) link
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!
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Monday, 11 March 2013 10:40 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 11 March 2013 10:47 (eleven years ago) link
'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'.
― Half of these sound like rappers. (snoball), Monday, 11 March 2013 10:53 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Monday, 11 March 2013 11:00 (eleven years ago) link
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).
― Half of these sound like rappers. (snoball), Monday, 11 March 2013 11:05 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Monday, 11 March 2013 11:10 (eleven years ago) link
Hitting the fucking spot, this.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 11 March 2013 17:05 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― Trans-Europe Stopping Train (ithappens), Monday, 11 March 2013 17:07 (eleven years ago) link
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...
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 11 March 2013 17:11 (eleven years ago) link
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).
― 'Separate Lives', by Phil Collins & Marilyn Manson (PaulTMA), Monday, 11 March 2013 18:18 (eleven years ago) link
Importantly, it's appears to have their best melodies since the Coming Up-era.
― 'Separate Lives', by Phil Collins & Marilyn Manson (PaulTMA), Monday, 11 March 2013 18:20 (eleven years ago) link
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'.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Monday, 11 March 2013 20:33 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 11 March 2013 21:11 (eleven years ago) link
Also I'll be the first (and maybe) last to say it, I think this album is miles better than the new Bowie one.
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 11 March 2013 21:15 (eleven years ago) link
Good. "It Starts And Ends With You" was much better than it had a right to be.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 11 March 2013 21:16 (eleven years ago) link
Unrelated to the new album, I was flicking through some of their later B-sides on Spotify and came across Let Go from the Head Music era which I'd never heard before. That is one great song, they should have saved it for A New Morning or put it out as a single or something.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 09:14 (eleven years ago) link
One quibble with the album is the sequencing, which seems to have been done with short-concentration-span digital listeners in mind - ending with four ballads in a row. They're all pretty good, especially the first of them, but in a row they don't work. I imagine they wanted to frontload the album with upbeat stuff, though. An old fashioned two-sided album would have allowed much better sequencing.
― Trans-Europe Stopping Train (ithappens), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 14:04 (eleven years ago) link