Brett Anderson

Brooding is a word one cannot talk about Brett Anderson without using. Be it the early foundations of the Brit Pop movement where there was always something slightly edgier about Suede than many of their counterparts, or the Tears, which marked Anderson and Butler’s brief return to the music scene, but it always felt something like a stepping stone ' a tentative baby step away from Suede to what the pair really wanted to be doing ' and maybe this is it for Anderson.e self titled 11 track CD is pitched as a look inside the man behind the voice, but will fans like what they see?

A much softer, introverted collection of songs, one gets the feeling this is Anderson finally taking a breather and writing some songs for himself rather than delivering what is expected.

Highlights include almost electro-sounding Dust and Rain, about two people so hopelessly in love/lust with each other but are ultimately destructive when put together. 'To the winter’ is a heart wrenching track about a love that fades with the season, while Scorpio Rising is a throwback to more familiar Suede-esque territory. All is not lost, just far calmer, more self-confident Anderson.