Suede have started work on the follow-up to their hit album ‘Autofiction’.
The group returned to the charts in September with their ninth LP, scoring their highest UK chart placement at No. 2 in over two decades.
When it comes to the next chapter in their career, frontman Brett Anderson reveals the band has been back in the studio working on a new collection of tracks.
Asked if their latest record marks the start of a new era for the band, he tells NME: “I don’t know. The next record that we’re planning to write, and have already started, is much more experimental.
“I don’t really know if there’s an arc with [‘Autofiction’]. I’m not seeing it as a selection of albums. You just have to do it one at a time, really. I do think of those three records as [being] together, especially ‘Night Thoughts’ and ‘The Blue Hour’, but the next record will be completely different.”
Adding the next album could see Suede at their most experimental, he says: “I’d love to think that our most daring work is ahead of us
“That’s a really exciting prospect – that a band at our stage of our career haven’t just settled for running through the motions. I love making new records: it makes my heart beat faster, it’s what I get up for in the morning.”
In a review of the album, Retro Pop called ‘Autofiction’ a “strikingly fresh” set, adding the album “may just be their best release this century”.
‘Autofiction’ is available now.
