Katie Lambert: Last News

Suede have shared a new track called ‘That Boy On The Stage’ – you can listen to it below.The song will appear on the band’s ninth studio album ‘Autofiction’, which is due for release on September 16 via BMG (pre-order/pre-save here).“It’s about persona,” explained frontman Brett Anderson of Suede’s gritty latest offering. “It’s about the people we become.”‘That Boy On The Stage’ sees the Anderson take an “outer view” of the alter ego he adopts for Suede’s live shows.

Ahead of the release of their new album ‘Autofiction’ next month, Suede have released an accompanying short film.‘Autofiction: A Short Film’ features album opener ‘She Still Leads Me On’ and new single ‘Fifteen Again’, and was directed by Katie Lambert of MrMr Films.“With the ‘Autofiction’ short film we didn’t want to make a normal performance video”, says bassist Mat Osman. “Instead we wanted to make a short film that overlapped at a Suede gig, with the band as just a minor part of the film, rather than at the centre”.“MrMr then came up with the idea of taking a crossroad in a couple’s life and playing with it in odd ways – moving backwards and forwards in time, seeing it through different sets of eyes, seeing their hopes and fears and memories all jumbled up too”, he goes on.“’Autofiction: A Short Film’ takes some of the themes of the album – youth and ageing, love and loss, fear and joy – [and] sees them play out in the story of Chris and Hannah”, he adds.Lambert herself says: “’Autofiction: A Short Film’ is about that moment in a relationship when it’s crunch time.

Suede have shared Autofiction, a new short film to accompany their forthcoming album of the same name – you can watch it below.The five-piece will release their new studio LP on September 16 via BMG, marking their first album release since 2018’s ‘The Blue Hour’.As the build-up to the arrival of ‘Autofiction’ continues, Suede have now shared an 18-minute film to accompany the record.Directed and written by Katie Lambert, the film stars Noah Granville and Hannah Higton as “two protagonists at a pivotal emotional crossroads” and features the Suede songs ‘She Still Leads Me On’ and ‘15 Again’.“The production explores the complexities of memory, the perceived truth, communication and anxiety in human relationships,” a press release about the Autofiction film adds. “Themes at the core of Suede’s new album ‘Autofiction’, which, as its title suggests, is one of Brett Anderson’s most personal records yet.”Writer/director Lambert said of the film: “Autofiction is about that moment in a relationship when it’s crunch time.