The rock band, currently made up of Brett Anderson, Matt Osman, Simon Gilbert, Richard Oakes and Neil Codling, released their sophomore album in late 1994 and now, 30 years on, the record is being re-released with newly mastered tracks in a variety of formats.
Reflecting on “Dog Man Star 30,” bassist and founding member Matt Osman said, “The first album is songs that we've been playing live for a long time. It's pretty much set in stone. The songs have been evolving in a certain direction and we're just trying to express that.”
“Dog Man Star was the first time we said, What if we just pushed everything further? On the slow songs, we'll take out all the drums. If the closing song is big, we'll put in the whole orchestra. Let's have a one-chord, kind of mantra at the beginning of the record. We're that kind of band. We don't know how far we can take it before it breaks.”
The new edition of the album also comes with reimagined artwork and bonus tracks, featuring hits such as “Daddy's Speeding,” “We Are The Pigs” and “The 2 of Us.”
As part of their “Dogman Star 30” celebrations, Suede have released the Dogman Star tour film, “Killing Of A Flash Boy,” one of nine rare pieces of footage shot in London and Kent in 1994 by Mike Christie, the band's longtime visual collaborator who also directed and produced the 2018 documentary Suede: The Insatiable Ones.
Dog Man Star 30 is scheduled to be released on October 4, 2024 by Demon Music.