A New Morning

A New Morning

The album that suppose to launch Suede back up to the pedestal of British indie rock scene and dethrone acts such as Travis and Coldplay from their reign. They have proved themselves worthy in filling up the void while Suede was back in the studio working with producer Tony Hoffer to come up with an exceptional and unique folksy rock album. Unfortunely things just don’t work out between Tony Hoffer and the band. Maybe there’s just not enough ‘Chemistry Between’ them, as the band claimed that the materials that the have produced with Tony Hoffer is just not up to the band’s standard.

As a result, what we suedeheads get instead is the product of Suede with producer Stephen Street who is famous for producing Blur’s album. Yeah the band that was once Suede’s arch enemy. If you are anticipating to hear something like stuff in Dog Man Star…..then you will be really heartbroken. Long gone is the melodramatic and gothic vibe in Suede. The only track that come close to the Dog Man Star era is ‘Lost In TV’, a reminiscence of ‘The Wild Ones’. If u still have the thirst for melodramatic and gothic tunes….i suggest you dig for The Cure’s back catalogs, because that’s what i do.

The reason is because the band claimed that they have a more positive persepctive towards life and the new songs are more upbeat, hence the title of their first single from ANM – Positivity. The outstanding tracks in this latest effort by Suede are Obessions, One Hit To The Body, Lost In TV and Lonely Girls. Majority of the tracks in this album is kind of mellow and makes you wonder what happened to the raw guitar twang and tunes that makes Brett’s slaps his arse.

Well people move on… and it looks like Brett is in love again … in track such as Morning….and When The Rain Falls…and the hidden track Oceans.. it seems like Brett is serenading his love ones. Do not fear, as Suede is still capable of belting out some kick ass tunes such as Obsessions. A detailed description of a man’s observation of his woman accompanied by Alex Lee’s wailing harmonica and groovy guitar riff by Richard Oakes. Mat’s sexy guitar basslines and Simon’s heart stomping skin bashing will help you move your body as u immerse your soul into this song. ANM is a “drugs and alcohol free” album ..that’s what the band claimed. For once lets enjoy the sensitive side of the Suede.

Track listing :

Asia release (Limited Edition)

1. Positivity
2. Obsessions
3. Lonely Girls
4. Lost In TV
5. Astrogirl
6. Beautiful Loser
7. Street Life
8. Untitled
9. Morning
10. One Hit To The Body
11. When The Rain Falls
12. Bonus Track : You Belong To Me
13. Oceans (Hidden Track)