Suede have unveiled the second single from their highly anticipated tenth studio album Antidepressants, due for release on 5th September 2025 via BMG and available to pre-order here.
Titled ‘Trance State’, the striking new song captures the urgency and magnetic energy of the Antidepressants sound. Angular basslines and glacial guitar work create a taut, tense, atmosphere as Brett Anderson’s lyrics embrace the shadows of the human psyche with themes of obsession, self-delusion and paranoia. The single premiered on Jo Whiley’s BBC Radio 2 show.
Speaking about the ‘Trance State’, Brett Anderson said: “When you fall apart, there's such an honesty and a truth to that. You're revealing your real self. You're presenting yourself to the world completely unvarnished. You're not able to present a facade to the world anymore. It's just you.”
‘Trance State’ quickly follows the release of Antidepressants’ opening statement, ‘Disintegrate’. Heralded by CLASH as “a barbed return”, the single was described as “a tantalising first taste of what to expect from Antidepressants" by The Telegraph following its debut on Steve Lamacq's BBC 6music show.
Suede’s tenth album finds the Platinum-selling, Mercury Prize winning NME God Like Genius-certified giants of British independent music charged with the intensity that defines their live shows. Since the release of 2022’s Autofiction - Suede’s widely acclaimed ninth album and their highest-charting record in over 20 years, debuting at #2 in the UK Album Chart - the band has performed to the largest audiences of their career at shows in more than 14 different countries. Suede were described as "the most visceral live act on the planet today" by the London Evening Standard in a five star review of their summer 2024 Alexandra Palace concert last year. This fire and vitality is what has turbo-charged the Antidepressants sound.
Introducing Suede’s tenth album, Brett Anderson said: “If Autofiction was our punk record, Antidepressants is our post-punk record. It’s about the tensions of modern life, the paranoia, the anxiety, the neurosis. We are all striving for connection in a disconnected world. This was the feel I wanted the songs to have. The album is called Antidepressants. This is broken music for broken people.”
Antidepressants will be available in multiple formats including CD (standard and deluxe), vinyl (standard and colour variants), picture disc LP, cassette and as a deluxe box set. All pre-orders are available here.
The release of Antidepressants will be surrounded by Suede Takeover - a special concert series over four sold out nights hosted in different venues across London's Southbank Centre throughout September 2025.
Suede Takeover is a full circle moment as the band return to the Southbank Centre for the first time since performing at the Royal Festival Hall for David Bowie's Meltdown in 2002.
The performances will see Suede present their live show in completely new ways, stretching beyond the format of a rock gig. Brett Anderson said: “Expect old songs, new songs, borrowed songs, blue songs, drama, melody, noise, sweat and a couple of surprises.”
Suede Takeover begins at the Royal Festival Hall on 13th and 14th September with two surprise sets of Suede's fiercely loved classics, hits and brand new music. On September 17th the band will perform in the Purcell Room for an unusual and intimate off-mic evening with Suede. The residency closes on 19th September in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, with Suede’s first-ever full orchestral headline show, in collaboration with the Paraorchestra.
Suede Takeover Dates
September 2025
13 London, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre SOLD OUT
14 London, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre SOLD OUT
17 London, Purcell Room, Southbank Centre SOLD OUT
19 London, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre SOLD OUT