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6 March 2024

NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS have canned album number 18. It’s baptized WILD GOD and will be shared with the world on August 30. The LP is produced by Cave and his buddy Warren Ellis. Pre-order info here

Cave: “There’s no fucking around with this record. When it hits, it hits. It lifts you. It moves
you. I love that about it. 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. 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.”

Album artwork

Along with the news comes the first single. It’s the title track Wild God.

What a sublime composition. The first part is crooner Cave as we know him, but quickly
the vocal passion and goosebumps intensity goes up and from halfway on, the song turns into an orchestral masterpiece, with a zealous hallelujah choir and an opera-like majesty.

Best piece they wrote in years. Breathtaking.

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TRACKLIST

01 “Song Of The Lake”
02 “Wild God”
03 “Frogs”
04 “Joy”
05 “Final Rescue Attempt”
06 “Conversion”
07 “Cinnamon Horses”
08 “Long Dark Night”
09 “O Wow O Wow (How Wonderful She Is)”
10 “As The Waters Cover The Sea”