London Suede - Autofiction 978177951674951999 The singles 'Johnny Come Home'

The singles 'Johnny Come Home' (a plea to a runaway that sounds like the Beat's ska stripped down to its tense and obsessive essentials) and 'Blue' (one of the more oblique and successful antiMargaret Thatcher tracks of its era) are terrific

Surviving within the school is tough enough

making their contributions particularly special

in the end: it carves out a space in the middle of whatever existential muck you're doing the everyday dog-paddle through and transports you

London Suede - Autofiction 978177951674951999 The singles 'Johnny Come Home'The London Suede return with their ninth studio album, Autofiction. As The London Suede began work on the songs that would become Autofiction, they decided to go back to basics. In a move that recalled their most formative days, Brett Anderson, Mat Osman, Simon Gilbert, Richard Oakes and Neil Codling schlepped to a rehearsal studio in deserted Kings Cross to collect a key, hump their own gear, set up and start playing. Speaking about Autofiction,