# Way Back Now: Suede’s First Album in Over A Decade, ‘Bloodsports’

- Link: https://indierockcafe.com/2013/03/way-back-now-suedes-first-album-in-over-a-decade-bloodsports/
- Published: 2013-03-25T01:54:07-04:00
- Author: Max Hammer

_by Ed Biggs_

**Suede** – _Bloodsports_
 Unlike many bands that seem to reunite cynically for 
the allure of the dollar, **Suede** (or The London Suede, depending on which side
of the Atlantic you’re reading this) genuinely have unfinished business.

Often credited with kick-starting the mid-1990s musical movement known as **Britpop**,
their impressive back catalog was tarnished by the appalling _A New Morning_ (2002),
an album not even released in the States, before their extended hiatus that began
in 2003.

Fortunately, _Bloodsports_, released 11 years since their last album, does a great
deal to rehabilitate the band’s legacy. Everything is energetic, honed and effortlessly
melodic, while retaining that crucial edginess and noir that Suede’s fans so adored
them for.

Lead single “It Starts And Ends With You” is the perfect illustration, all dramatic
and FM-friendly. The remainder of the tracks do not deviate very far from this template,
making _Bloodsports_ a consistent and enjoyable collection that stands shoulder 
to shoulder with material from their commercial heyday.

[“It Starts And Ends With You”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/suede-it-starts-and-ends-with.mp3)–**
Suede** from _Bloodsports_

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