Cat: EDSL 0151. Rel: 26 Feb 24
Indie/Alternative
Side 1 - Track 1. Barriers |
Side 1 - Track 2. Snowblind |
Side 1 - Track 3. It Starts & Ends With You |
Side 1 - Track 4. Sabotage |
Side 1 - Track 5. For The Strangers |
Side 1 - Track 6. Hit Me |
Side 1 - Track 7. Sometimes I Feel I'll Float Away |
Side 1 - Track 8. What Are You Not Telling Me? |
Side 1 - Track 9. Always |
Side 1 - Track 10. Faultlines |
Side 2 - Track 1. Nothing Can Stop Us |
Side 2 - Track 2. Howl |
Side 2 - Track 3. Dawn Chorus |
Side 2 - Track 4. No Holding Back |
Side 2 - Track 5. Falling Planes |
Side 2 - Track 6. What Violet Says |
Side 2 - Track 7. Darkest Days |
Side 2 - Track 8. Human Tide |
Originally released in 2013 and celebrating its ten-year anniversary just a little late, Bloodsports was the sixth full-length and much needed return to form from London's glam-centric alt-rock staple Suede. Arriving more than a full decade after 2002's A New Morning, the LP marked the longest gap between projects from the group as issues stemming from addiction as well as the commercial underperformance of the aforementioned album led to a seven-year hiatus. Reuniting with longtime producer Ed Buller, for the first time since 1996's Coming Up, while re-enlisting former keyboardist Neil Codling who originally departed in 2001, the end result would be not only their most acclaimed work since their last outing with Buller but rejuvenate the Suede camp entirely, as we've since been treated to three more subsequent LPs, with the most recent, criminally underrated Autofiction lading in 2022.