FIRE IN THE LIGHT – NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS MASTERPIECE

It’s a strange thing to look back to the release of Ghosteen on October 4th 2019 with anything other than stilted wonder. A beautiful, wounded record, it would come to suit the times, overshadowed by the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic that saw, death, dislocation and loneliness become a global concern that would ironically bringContinueContinue reading “FIRE IN THE LIGHT – NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS MASTERPIECE”

Blood, Tooth and Claw – A Nick Cave Bestiary

Nick Cave has long used classical imagery of plants as metaphors in his songs, from flowers and trees to a bestiary of birds, bees, and hounds from hell. So much of Cave’s work feeds on the inspiration of the natural world as totemic symbols of beauty and threat.