Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds- Wild God

The new Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds album is finally out, after a nearly 6 month wait since it was announced. It's not quite the return to form that was promised and isn't as big of a departure from the last two Bad Seeds records. But it is a positive record. And indeed, a record of joy.
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[@sspbrazil]

Frogs is a great song, love it and love this album too.

[@fitzelectricbar9268]

Oh yeah, I also smiled at the reflection of the ring light on the inner sleeve pic of Nick. Reinforced the cult leader idea. 😎

[@roughfishmusic]

Intriguing review, I know you’re a huge appreciator of Nick Cave’s music so it’s interesting to hear that you’re still processing this challenging one. It does make me want to get this one, but so many others too, both solo and with the Bad Seeds. For so many years I’ve heard the raves about the live shows and I just got tickets for his May show in Minnesota, I’m really excited to finally see him!

[@lostmixtapes]

@@roughfishmusic Thanks Joe. So glad you snagged tickets for the Minneapolis show. Should be an incredible show.

[@fitzelectricbar9268]

Excellent, excellent review/first impressions. I love that you share not only your deep appreciation of Cave and his catalogue, but also what you love and what you are unsure about with this new record. It’s so great to have a new record from such an important artist imho. Your deep dive and long form approach was thoroughly enjoyable and has been informing my listening experience. I mention this video in my upcoming Japan Vinyl Tag 2024 post. Hope you got tix for the spring show at the Paramount (what a great venue!). I have one for here in Vancouver. Cheers!

[@lostmixtapes]

Thanks! I haven't listened to it in the past week, mostly because I'm in deep with the Neil Young 's Archives III. Looking further to many more spins. I'm so glad he's playing at the Paramount. We ended up scoring floor seats. So I'm excited about that! Glad you got tickets for Vancouver.

[@fitzelectricbar9268]

@@lostmixtapes You are one step ahead of me. I received my NYA Vol 3 a few days ago but have yet to give it a listen. Will need to sequester myself for awhile to begin absorbing the massive amount of content.

[@lostmixtapes]

@@fitzelectricbar9268 I didn’t get the box, so couldn’t comment on the films, just the audio. JUST the audio…that’s about 17 hours long!

[@marcyfan-tz4wj]

nick's about to turn 67. i'm glad he looks like or could be a cult leader. i've been catching up with him over the last few months and hope to play the new one tonight. thanks for the review. i hope you get tickets to see him.

[@lostmixtapes]

@@marcyfan-tz4wj Curious to hear your thoughts. I was able to get tickets! Happy about that.

[@marcyfan-tz4wj]

@@lostmixtapes i was driving down the road playing "carnage" yesterday and was desperate to know if nick played "white elephant" when you saw him in more recent shows. stevie wonder's playing minneapolis but you're not there anymore (in case you forgot)!

[@jonassvensson6129]

Is Boatman’s Call the album to start with? Haven’t got into his music at all but feel he is for me, in a strange kind of way.

[@lostmixtapes]

@@jonassvensson6129 I think it’s probably his best overall album. It’s more of a solo thing with the Bad Seeds taking a backseat on most of it. Exceptional songs where he examines a relationship. Let Love In for more if a full Bad Seeds experience. Push The Sky Away for the entry point to the more recent era.

[@chrisboerger465]

I like the album a lot, my favorite Nick album since Grinderman II and my favorite Bad Seeds since Lazarus. I have to say, my avid devotion to Nick Cave is largely based on his magnificent run of albums from Your Funeral, My Trial through Grinderman II, including yes, Nocturama which I actually love. Starting with Push the Sky Away, I don't find his music nearly as interesting, and I think he isn't as sharp lyrically. His lyrics are more personal now, which is fine, but I prefer the baroque imagery of earlier albums. Still, Wild God is a really strong record, perhaps his most cinematic. I don't like it as well as most of the albums from my preferred period, yet, but I still need to listen to it some more. No More Shall We Part is my favorite, it comes close to being a top ten album of all time for me. Anyway, thanks for the video, really enjoyed it. I'm hoping to see Nick and the band when they swing through Columbus in May.

[@lostmixtapes]

@@chrisboerger465 No More Shall We Part is the one that really turned me on to him. Bought it used on CD when it was still his latest record. Played it once while cleaning my apartment and kept picking up the CD to look at song titles because so many songs were so beautiful and completely blowing me away. I never really got into the early stuff pre-Tender Prey as much, but love that a song like Tupelo is still such a staple live.

[@Thedarkstuff]

Still absorbing the record. I like it so far. I did a “Side One Spotlight” on it on my radio show yesterday. I’m only a moderate Cave fan, saw him once at Lollapalooza in 1994. He was surprisingly great for playing in the middle of the day on a bill with Beastie Boys.

[@lostmixtapes]

@@Thedarkstuff I saw him on that 1994/Lolla tour as well. Forgot to mention that. I don’t have real vivid memories of it, but remember being intrigued by him. Shoot…I would have liked to hear that segment from your show.

[@chrisboerger465]

Saw that same tour. Yeah, it was weird seeing Nick playing in the middle of a gorgeous sunny day. Unfortunately, due to the gorgeous weather and the early time of day, not a lot of people were paying attention, but I was enraptured.

[@theuglyinsect4093]

I have a hard time calling Wild God a “religious album”. Nick’s always had an unorthodox approach to religion in his music dating back to the Birthday Party stuff. I think if your just pulling the superficial aspects from the record you might come to that conclusion but again it’s all applied in that strange Nick Cave way. Same with all the talk of “Joy” and “Euphoria” - it’s there in small fits and bursts, but this record is still by and large standard Nick Cave fare. Sonically the record is really theatrical and cinematic sounding - if I were to compare it to past works, it really reminds me of The Good Son record and some of that early 90’s soundtrack stuff like (I’ll Love You) Till the End of the World or the Let Love In b-side “Cassiel’s Song”- all that stuff played with that more cinematic sound and a lot of Wild God really sits comfortably with those kind of songs. Overall I’ve come to really like the album a lot. Thought it was fine on first listen, but really grew to appreciate it more on subsequent spins. Probably my favorite Bad Seeds record since Dig Lazarus Dig!!!

[@lostmixtapes]

@@theuglyinsect4093 Love your comparisons to The Good Son and soundtrack work. Love You Till The End Of The World…forgot about that song. It was one of the first songs to turn me on to him.

[@willmcfall7675]

Great video again! I'm with you, this record definitely won't be in my all time favourite Nick Cave records, despite it being still good. I'm pleased how you didn't include Push the Sky Away in the trilogy of Skeleton Tree, Ghosteen, and Wild God, as I've always believed that it's got it's unique value about it especially given it was written before Nick's sons deaths. Personally Push the Sky Away is if not my favourite N. Cave record (but note that changes a lot!). I'm not a big fan of the auto-tune and the synthesizers throughout the record myself. I understand the lyrics are "pure" but these two things really take away from purity of the music in the record and make it as you said more like Ghosteen. So, in turn you're not hearing the Bad Seeds in full flight in my opinion. I definitely will be keen to see Nick perform these songs because I think it will no doubt allow these songs to lift significantly!

[@lostmixtapes]

@@willmcfall7675 Totally. I’m already anticipating a future live album of the tour.

[@bwpm1467]

It's a very good record. I think both Skeleton Tree and Ghosteen are better, but I can see why people would prefer this one. You haven't mentioned Carnage at all, though.

[@lostmixtapes]

@@bwpm1467 I meant to. I think Carnage is great, and in some ways sounds more like a Bad Seeds record than this one. I think it fits somewhere in the whole thematic landscape of the last 3 records for sure, but feels like slight detour into Covid and isolation on a more general level. What are your thoughts on Carnage?

[@bwpm1467]

​@@lostmixtapesI really like Carnage. I think it is also better, overall, than Wild God. Additionally, Carnage has quite a dynamic mastering, by modern standards.

[@stephanevillatte5970]

To me 1990' to 1994' and 97' the boatman's call is Nick's peak ...strong ...unforgettable melodies...I like his stuff since...but i just find it a little overrated...wild god is really uneven to my ears...miles away from my idea of Nick at his peak...

[@lostmixtapes]

@@stephanevillatte5970 I need to revisit the early 90s records again. It’s been a while. Of those, Let Love In is the one I listen to the most.