Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler who, as previously reported, have been working together on a new project, have told the NME that their new band will be called The Tears, a reference to a Philip Larkin poem, 'Femmes Damnees', which ends "The only sound heard is the sound of tears".
Commenting on their latest collaboration after nearly a decade of not speaking, Brett told NME: "It seemed like the time was right. I didn't finish with Suede in order to give Bernard a call. It had to happen naturally, the band had to come to its natural termination. I felt that I'd written my best songs with Bernard."
Bernard added: "There's only one purpose of doing (the new album), and that's to make a great record. There's no social ambitions, we don't go bowling together!"
You can read the full interview at http://www.nme.com