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"Nick Cave reunites with his Bad Seeds and turns away from darkness to flood us with light. Melancholy but never leaden."
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Inconsolable is the father who has lost his offspring, and oh how cruel is the death that comes to strike him a second time. Nick Cave had already lost his son Arthur in 2015, accidentally falling off a cliff. In 2022, his second son Jethro, devoured by the demons of schizophrenia, took his own life. The Australian singer's grief had already weighed heavily on the Bad Seeds' last two productions, a heartbreaking grief that had not been without consequences for the evolution of his work.
Two years after Jethro's tragic death, “Wild God” stands out from its predecessors, as if the work of double mourning had been completed. This opus pushes back the threatening sky to let in a comforting light, and 'Song Of The Lake', which kicks off the album, is the perfect paragon. Nick Cave's deep voice, always cultivating the black flowers of poetry, settles over a luminous rhythm, taking his time to delicately place his words. A torrent of joy surges by surprise on the eponymous track, in which Nick Cave is surrounded by surging choirs. The presence of these backing vocals, which recur on 'Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus', is not always well balanced, however, and they sometimes become intrusive ('Conversion', 'O Wow O Wow (How Beautiful She Is'). Electric guitars give way to their acoustic counterparts, with keyboards and piano reigning supreme. After its passage into darkness, the music becomes solemn ('Joy', the ballad 'Long Dark Night') and tends towards a starry symphony ('Cinammon Horses', which could easily become a film score).
Melancholy but never leaden, “Wild God” is a study in bright, waning light by an artist who has extracted the dark matter of his pain to pluck the brightest gold, reviving a little of the spirit of “The Good Son”. Despite a few long stretches (particularly at the end of the album) and some intrusive backing vocals, Nick Cave seems to have returned to the Bad Seeds after his dark descent into Hell. After Purgatory, will Nick Cave invite us to Paradise?
- Official website
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TRACK LISTING:
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
LINEUP:
George Vjestica: Guitares
Jim Sclavunos: Claviers / Batterie
Martyn P.casey: Basse
Nick Cave: Chant / Claviers / Harmonica
Thomas Wydler: Batterie
Warren Ellis: Guitares / Claviers / Violon, Flûte
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