Suede - Autofiction

‘Autofiction is our punk record. No whistles and bells. Just the five of us in a room with all the glitches and fuck-ups revealed; the band themselves exposed in all their primal mess.’

So speaks Suede frontman Brett Anderson of their new album, but if you’re expecting a huge divergence from the trademark Suede sound it’s best to manage expectations here. The key word in the above sentence is ‘our’: it’s the band’s version of punk – ethos, but not sound.

As much as Anderson might like to think he and his group are capable of ragged punk (and some dispensation must be allowed, they are promoting their ninth studio album, after all), they’re too long in the tooth for that now.

The musicianship found within Autofiction is simply too good, too proficient to be presented as snarling or in-your-face. It is Another Suede album. And a very good one too.

https://www.live4ever.uk.com/2022/09/review-suede-autofiction/