2001–2003: Commercial disappointment and break-up Not long after the release of Head Music, Nude Records effectively ceased to exist. Like many of their labelmates, Suede ended up signing to Nude's parent company/distributor Sony to record the band's fifth album, A New Morning. Between the release of Head Music and A New Morning, Suede wrote and recorded "Simon" as the title theme for the film Far From China."Far From China soundtracks" . IMDb. Retrieved on 1 January 2010. The long and troubled gestation of the new album saw keyboard player Codling leave the band, citing chronic fatigue syndrome, to be replaced by Alex Lee, formerly of Strangelove. In concert, Lee played keyboards, second guitar, backing vocals, and occasionally harmonica. The album title, according to Anderson, referred to "a fresh start, a new band, and a new fresh outlook" – the singer had been addicted to heroin and crack cocaine, which was having an increasingly deleterious effect on his health. Anderson claimed that A New Morning "was the first-ever Suede record that wasn't influenced in its making by drugs".
2001–2003 commercial disappointment and break-up not long after the release of head music nude records effectively ceased to exist like many of their labelmates suede ended up signing to nude's parent company/distributor sony to record the band's fifth album a new morning between the release of head music and a new morning suede wrote and recorded "simon" as the title theme for the film far from china"far from china soundtracks"  imdb retrieved on 1 january 2010 the long and troubled gestation of the new album saw keyboard player codling leave the band citing chronic fatigue syndrome to be replaced by alex lee formerly of strangelove in concert lee played keyboards second guitar backing vocals and occasionally harmonica the album title according to anderson referred to "a fresh start a new band and a new fresh outlook" – the singer had been addicted to heroin and crack cocaine which was having an increasingly deleterious effect on his health anderson claimed that a new morning "was the first-ever suede record that wasn't influenced in its making by drugs"