Wild God Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

• 1Song Of The Lake03:36
• 2Wild God05:19
• 3Frogs04:34
• 4Joy06:13
• 5Final Rescue Attempt03:56
• 6Conversion05:17
• 7Cinnamon Horses05:16
• 8Long Dark Night03:33
• 9O Wow O Wow (How Wonderful She Is)04:33
• 10As The Waters Cover The Sea02:04
• Total Runtime44:21

Info for Wild God

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds are back with their new album 'Wild God' after a five year break! Across ten tracks, the band dances between convention and experimentation, taking left turns and detours that enhance the rich imagery and emotion in Cave's heart-wrenching narratives. There are moments that fondly recall the Bad Seeds' past, but they are fleeting and only serve to add another facet to the band's relentless and restless forward momentum. Nick Cave says of the album: "It bursts out of the speaker, and I get swept up with it. It's a complicated record, but it's also deeply and joyously infectious."

Produced by Cave and Warren Ellis and mixed by David Fridmann, Cave began writing the album on New Year's Day 2023. Recording in Provence and London, the Bad Seeds finally added their unique alchemy, with additional appearances from Colin Greenwood (bass) and Luis Almau (nylon string guitar, acoustic guitar).

"I hope the album has the effect on listeners that it’s had on me. It bursts out of the speaker, and I get swept up with it. It’s a complicated record, but it’s also deeply and joyously infectious," Cave said of Wild God in a press release. "There is never a master plan when we make a record. The records rather reflect back the emotional state of the writers and musicians who played them. Listening to this, I don’t know, it seems we’re happy." (Nick Cave)

"Wild God…there’s no fucking around with this record. When it hits, it hits. It lifts you. It moves you. I love that about it." (Nick Cave)

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Guests:
Colin Greenwood, bass
Luis Almau, nylon string guitar, acoustic guitar

Nick Cave
(b. 1957), singer, songwriter and author, was born in Warracknabeal, Victoria, and educated at Caulfield Grammar School, where he formed his first band, The Boys Next Door. In 1980 the band changed its name to The Birthday Party and moved to London, where it significantly influenced other punk bands. With several talented recruits, members of the Birthday Party formed The Bad Seeds, whose first album was released in 1984. Cave has participated in a number of fruitful musical collaborations and side projects including the band Grinderman. He has also been involved in several films as an actor, screenwriter and composer, including the arthouse sensation Wings of Desire (1987) and Ghosts ... of the Civil Dead (1988). He scripted the grim Australian drama The Proposition (2006); appeared in I'm Your Man (2005–2006); and co-wrote and starred in a wry documentary drama about himself, 20,000 Days on Earth (2014). A long-term resident of the UK, Cave has written novels and poetry while performing and issuing albums regularly. His 2013 release with The Bad Seeds, Push the Sky Away, was the band's first Australian number-one album. Cave released his latest album Carnage in 2021, as a duo with long-term member of The Bad Seeds, Warren Ellis.

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