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*Iceland! * - 24th October - thanks to David Barnett, Suede Information!
* A lot of people are really exited about the new material that Suede played
Iceland Airwaves festival.. Is the new stuff really as good live as Dog Man
Star was?
i find it quite difficult to be objective about suede songs because usually
the ones i like are the least popular and vice-versa, but judging from the
fantastic reactions from everyone at the gig - journalists, record company,
fans, etc - they are officially magnificent. there were a few i wasn't too
sure about before the show, but they were completely transformed live. it was
undoubtedly one of the best shows i've seen them do and the new songs really
stood out - they're very epic-sounding, brett's voice soars and the three-part
harmonies with richard and neil are a revelation. so to answer your question.
no, it's better. but without films.
* How many of the new songs that they played at gig look like they are going
to make it onto the new album? Is there any chance of an EP before then?
well brett said that "about four or five" of them will appear on the record,
so considering that they played nine absolute gems, they must really have some
masterpieces still up their sleeves. brett wants to do another six months of
writing so we're still a long way from knowing any release schedules. and it's
a suede tradition that the first single off the album is usually the last one
to be written. trash and electricity were both written at the very end of the
recording sessions.
* Has Neil written any more of his 'solo compositions?'
um, maybe. don't know. probably.
* What else did suede get up to when they were in Iceland?
there was a press conference the first night with thievery corporation and the
flaming lips which was typically amusing in a journalists-not-getting-brett's-
gags way.
eg -
Q: Are you playing any classics on saturday?
A: We haven't written any classics yet.
Q: Why are you playing this gig?
A: We've got a load of shit songs we wanted to try out as far away as possible
from london.
Q: What do you think of iceland?
A: Don't know, we've only just got here. it's not all press conferences is it?
etc...
The promoters took everyone on a sightseeing trip the day before the show which
was fantastic. we drove halfway across the country through some amazing scenery
- volcanoes and a huge seismic split where the american and european
continental plates meet - and up to a vast glacier where we went snowmobiling.
I think it's probably the most fun i've ever had and the entire party - band
and crew - all loved it, although i think richard and mat both managed to
crash. Hopefully we'll have some hilarious photos of suede in these ridiculous
orange suits, wellies and crash helmets. Mat got soaked by a spouting hot
geyser, most of the band went swimming in a volcanic crater called the blue
lagoon and everybody did a lot of partying. Obviously.
* We know already that you can't be more specific than 'sometime next year'
when it comes to the release date of the album, but when are suede going
play the new material in London? Is there going to be a fanclub gig any
time soon?
i think everybody's really vibed up by the success of the gig so it might
actually be reasonably soon. i've heard the phrase "early next year" a couple
of times, which sounds promising! having said that, i seem to recall brett
saying that the follow-up to coming up would be out in 1997, so using that
formula that would make the date something like summer 2002!
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