Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds announce album and share “Wild God”

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A reconnection to the past in an album.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds is back and has announced it with the news of the release of his next album, Wild God, that will arrive next August 30 through Bad Seed Records in Association with Play It Again Sam.

This news is accompanied by the premiere of the first single named in the same way as the album, “Wild God”, and is now available on all digital platforms.

I hope the album has the same effect on listeners as it has on me. It’s a complicated album, but also deeply and joyfully infectious. There is never a master plan when we make an album,” he commented. cave in a press release.

The idea arose since New Year’s Day 2023, when cave He started writing it. It has additional performances of Colin Greenwood in the bass and Luis Almau on acoustic guitar, it was also produced by cave and Warren Ellis and mixed by David Fridmann.

Wild God It is composed of 10 songs that show the band’s experimental movement around the album. It is a commemoration of the evolution of the group, a reconnection to the past and this would mark a conventional return between the music and the narrative of its songs.

Know the tracklist and the official cover for Wild God. If you like pre-save it click here.

  1. “Song of the Lake”
  2. “Wild God”
  3. “Frogs”
  4. “Joy”
  5. “Final Rescue Attempt”
  6. “Conversion”
  7. “Cinnamon Horses”
  8. “Long Dark Night”
  9. “O Wow O Wow (How Wonderful She Is)”
  10. “As the Waters Cover the Sea”
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