The London Suede Antidepressants
- Alternative |
- Art Rock |
- Rock
Release Date: September 5, 2025
Label: BMG
Suede’s Antidepressants is a dark, post-punk triumph that channels modern anxieties into one of the band’s most unhinged and invigorating albums yet.
Suede (the London Suede in the US) are back with their tenth studio album, Antidepressants. Recorded live with longtime producer Ed Buller, the record follows the momentum of 2022’s Autofiction and finds the band leaning further into darker terrain. The first taste came back in May with “Disintegrate,” a stark single accompanied by a black-and-white video directed by Chris Turner.
Frontman Brett Anderson describes the album as “broken music for broken people,” framing it as a post-punk response to modern anxieties. If Autofiction was the band’s punk moment, Antidepressants carries the weight of paranoia and disconnection in a fractured world. The live performance of the title track, filmed at Alexandra Palace and edited by drummer Simon Gilbert, captures the raw energy behind the project.
Critics have already lined up with praise. Mojo called it “a defiant, death-defying record – as much joyride as memento mori,” noting how Anderson’s voice cuts sharper than ever. Record Collector highlighted Richard Oakes’ guitar work as central to the album’s power, while Uncut hailed it as Suede’s most unhinged and intoxicating set since Coming Up, even likening its opening half to the gothic brilliance of Siouxsie and the Banshees’ Juju.
The band, fresh from playing to the largest audiences of their career across more than 14 countries, intend Antidepressants as the second installment in a trilogy of black and white albums. The result is an uncompromising step forward, proof that Suede remain restless, relevant, and unwilling to fade quietly into their past.