Suede: Dream On
Jon Savage, MOJO, January 1994
They were suburban loners who saw the potential for beauty inside the tawdry and extravagant. Together they won attention and success. As Suede step into their second phase, can they hang on to that first, gorgeous vision? How do they save themselves, creatively from death by explanation?
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