Antidepressants: Expanded Suede

• 1 Disintegrate 03:50
• 2 Dancing With the Europeans 03:45
• 3 Antidepressants 03:27
• 4 Sweet Kid 03:02
• 5 The Sound And the Summer 03:42
• 6 Somewhere Between An Atom And A Star 02:55
• 7 Broken Music For Broken People 03:18
• 8 Criminal Ways 02:32
• 9 Trance State 04:30
• 10 June Rain 03:57
• 11 Life Is Endless, Life Is A Moment 05:11
• 12 Emotionally Unavailable 02:45
• 13 Overload 02:54
• 14 Sharpening Knives 03:37
• 15 Dirty Looks 02:58
• 16 Medication 03:19
• Demos:
• 17 Disintegrate (Demo) 03:50
• 18 Dancing With The Europeans (Demo) 03:52
• 19 Antidepressants (Demo) 03:27
• 20 Sweet Kid (Demo) 03:02
• 21 The Sound And The Summer (Demo) 03:42
• 22 Somewhere Between An Atom And A Star (Demo) 02:55
• 23 Broken Music For Broken People (Demo) 03:18
• 24 Criminal Ways (Demo) 02:32
• 25 Trance State (Demo) 04:30
• 26 June Rain (Demo) 03:06
• 27 Life Is Endless, Life Is A Moment (Demo) 04:19
• Total Runtime 01:34:15

Info for Antidepressants: Expanded

Antidepressants: Expanded is due out July 10 via BMG and includes five bonus tracks, as well as featuring the demos for each of the original 11 songs on the album.

“It seems to me that contemporary life has a kind of powder-keg feel,” says Suede frontman Brett Anderson in a press release. “A taut atmosphere, like there’s something explosive about to happen, a latent anger, a lurking darkness, a frustration that requires suppression. We are all striving for connection in a disconnected world.”

Anderson had this to say about the album in a previous press release: “If Autofiction was our punk record, Antidepressants is our post-punk record. It’s about the tensions of modern life, the paranoia, the anxiety, the neurosis. We are all striving for connection in a disconnected world. This was the feel I wanted the songs to have. The album is called Antidepressants. This is broken music for broken people.”

Antidepressants, which follows the release of 2022’s Autofiction, was recorded live with Suede’s long-time producer Ed Buller, who first worked with the band when he produced their debut single The Drowners in 1992. Yet, 35 years into their career, Suede feel they are just starting. “It is genuinely exciting being in this band. It feels like we're still pushing creatively,” says Anderson of the new album. “This is a widescreen and ambitious record,” adds bass player Mat Osman. “It's a big stage record and it's taking it up a gear.”

Brett Anderson, vocals
Richard Oakes, guitars
Neil Codling, keyboards
Mat Osman, bass
Simon Gilbert, drums

Suede
are an English alternative rock band, formed in London in 1989 and currently consists of singer Brett Anderson, guitarist Richard Oakes, bass player Mat Osman, drummer Simon Gilbert and keyboardist/rhythm guitarist Neil Codling. Having split up in 2003, the Coming Up/Head Music line-up of the band reformed in 2010. The band's original guitarist Bernard Butler left the band in 1994.

In 1992, Suede were described as "The Best New Band in Britain“, and attracted much attention from the British music press. The following year their debut album Suede, went to the top of the charts by becoming the fastest-selling debut album in almost ten years. It won the Mercury Music Prize and helped foster Britpop as a musical genre. However, the band's follow-up, Dog Man Star (1994), showed Suede distancing themselves from their Britpop peers. The recording sessions for Dog Man Star were fraught with difficulty, and ended with Butler departing the band after confrontations with the rest of the band. The album was completed without Butler, with the band touring the album with new recruit Richard Oakes. Although a commercial disappointment at the time, the album was met with a generally enthusiastic reception on release and has, over time been lauded with universal acclaim from critics.

In 1996, following the further recruitment of keyboard player Neil Codling along with Oakes, Suede went on to greater commercial success with Coming Up. The album reached number one in the UK, producing five top ten singles and becoming Suede's biggest-selling album worldwide. In 1997, Anderson became addicted to crack and heroin. Despite problems within the band, Suede's fourth album Head Music (1999) was a British chart-topper. The album was promoted heavily with the band receiving considerable press coverage on its release, however it garnered a mixed reaction dividing fans and critics alike. Codling left the band in 2001, citing chronic fatigue syndrome and was replaced by Alex Lee. The band's fifth album, A New Morning (2002), the first following the collapse of Nude Records, was a commercial disappointment, and the group disbanded the following year. After much speculation Suede reformed in 2010 for a series of concerts. Three years on from their reunion gigs, Suede released their sixth album, Bloodsports, on 18 March 2013. The album was well received by critics and returned the band to the top ten in the UK.

This album contains no booklet.