Nick Cave has shared particulars of a brand new album with the Unhealthy Seeds known as ‘Wild God’. Try the tracklist and title monitor under.
Set for launch on August 30, the album will comprise 10 songs and see the band transfer between themes of conference and experimentation – introducing left-turns that heighten the wealthy imagery and emotive narratives created by the frontman.
“I hope the album has the impact on listeners that it’s had on me. It bursts out of the speaker, and I get swept up with it. It’s an advanced report, nevertheless it’s additionally deeply and joyously infectious,” Cave stated of the upcoming launch.
“There’s by no means a masterplan once we make a report. The data slightly replicate again the emotional state of the writers and musicians who performed them. Listening to this, I don’t know, it appears we’re comfortable,” he added. “There’s no fucking round with this report. When it hits, it hits. It lifts you. It strikes you. I like that about it.”
To mark the announcement of the album, the band have shared the title monitor because the lead single, capturing the identical steadiness between newness and their signature sound as anticipated within the full album. Test it out under.
“It’s the sound of a bunch emboldened by reconnection and withdrawing,” reads an outline of the LP. “There are moments that contact fondly upon the Unhealthy Seeds’ previous however they’re fleeting, and serve solely to imbue the relentless and stressed ahead movement of the band.”
The writing course of for ‘Wild God’ started on New Yr’s Day 2023, and the tracks had been laid down with classes at Miraval in Provence and Soundtree in London. From there, the Unhealthy Seeds launched their distinctive spin, and extra performances had been added from Colin Greenwood (bass) and Luis Almau (nylon string guitar, acoustic guitar).
Alongside Cave himself, Warren Ellis co-produced the album, and it was combined by David Fridmann. You’ll be able to pre-order ‘Wild God’ right here, and take a look at the album art work and tracklisting under.
‘Wild God’ album art work. CREDIT: Press
The ‘Wild God’ tracklist is:
1. ‘Music of the Lake’ 2. ‘Wild God’ 3. ‘Frogs’ 4. ‘Pleasure’ 5. ‘Remaining Rescue Try’ 6. ‘Conversion’ 7. ‘Cinnamon Horses’ 8. ‘Lengthy Darkish Evening’ 9. ‘O Wow O Wow (How Fantastic She Is)’ 10. ‘Because the Waters Cowl the Sea’
When requested if he was pouring extra love into his music, he responded: “I don’t know in regards to the music, however as of late I really feel a extra pressing want to attach with individuals.
“There’s a sort of obligation in that, that possibly I didn’t really feel earlier than. That I’ve at my disposal one thing that’s very invaluable – to make music and I don’t wish to squander that chance in phoning in gigs or doing half-hearted makes an attempt. Everyone seems to be as essential as one another.”
The latest Nick Cave & The Unhealthy Seeds album was 2019’s ‘Ghosteen’. In a glowing five-star assessment, NME wrote: “‘Ghosteen’ is among the most devastatingly correct accounts of grief that you simply’ll ever hearken to. But it’s additionally, astoundingly, probably the most comforting. Few mediations on grief handle to navigate despair and catharsis in addition to this.”
