The London Suede - Antidepressants
- Jan 8
- 2 min read
In 1993, Suede (listed in America as The London Suede) released their self-titled debut album. A glitzy, glam-rock album. Leading up to the release, the band was all over magazine covers and being dubbed “The Best Band in Britain”. There was “more hype than The Smiths or possibly even the Sex Pistols”. This band was destined for greatness. Somewhere along the way, around the early 2000s, their swagger faded.
Fast forward to where, while the line-up may have changed a bit from 1993, The London Suede released one of the most pleasantly surprising albums in 2025. The swagger is back.
Antidepressants finds the band channeling their signature sound focused between glam and gloom into an album of songs that feel both urgent and weathered by time. Brett Anderson’s voice still cuts with a restless ache, while the band’s guitars give the album a pulsing, late-night drive. Recorded live, the band’s sound is now described as post-punk, pairing grand, swooning melodies with lyrics that stare directly into modern unease. Brett Anderson’s voice remains theatrically big and gorgeous, while the band wraps him in arrangements that feel both urgent and weathered.
The album kicks off with the driving track “Disintegrate”, a dark celebration of your mortality - dancing on our own graves. “Dancing with the Europeans” is where optimism creeps in. It’s about connecting and where we find those bonds. “Broken Music for Broken People” is the stand-out here. For we will rise up to save the world.
The themes of anxiety, numbness and fleeting hope get a jolt of life from the big guitars and pounding rhythm section. This is an album full of songs that embrace nostalgia while still sounding fresh. With Antidepressants, The London Suede show their music is a confident reaffirmation of their ability to make incredible music, even 30+ years later.
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