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.

PRAYERS ON FIRE: NICK CAVE AND THE BATTLE FOR TRUE FAITH

The songs of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds have long explored religion as a continued struggle between doubt, dogma and belief