Disintegrate

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  Seven Songs for the Week #111 - 21st May 25

  Jason Carty

  Suede were already present in my week when unexpectedly (to me) they announced and new album (out in September) and single. The title track for the album is up on YouTube but not streaming, and might be better than Disintegrate. As an OG 1990s Suedehead, I enjoyed the last album, and this sounds like they're continuing the whole 1981 vibe here. It's good, but it's not unpredictable.

  The bigger question is what does it mean to be a band 33 years on from its first release. That's quite a run, and the line-up is the same from 29 years ago (NB there was a bit of musical chairs around the time of the New Morning album). 33 years into Paul McCartney's career he was doing The Beatles Anthology. 33 years on from Space Oddity, Bowie was releasing Reality. Suede obviously haven't covered as much ground.