Nick Cave has revealed that he’s at present “ending” work on his new album with the Dangerous Seeds.
Final 12 months, Cave mentioned he was planning on writing a brand new album as soon as his touring commitments had wrapped up.
Then, initially of 2023, he confirmed that work was underway and shared some early lyric concepts for the follow-up to 2019’s ‘Ghosteen’. Talking to NME earlier this summer time, Cave described the brand new materials as “simply so immediately attention-grabbing” in addition to “completely different on a regular basis”.
Now, in an entry on his Crimson Hand Information web site, he advised followers that he was to take a brief break from replying to questions from followers to complete work on the album.
“Thanks on your variety phrases,” he advised a fan who requested a query about soulmates, “however earlier than I reply I’d wish to let everybody know that I’m now again within the studio ending the brand new Dangerous Seeds report.
“I’ll proceed to learn all of the letters that are available, and might be with you in spirit, however my replies could not be that common or very expansive over the following few weeks.”
Cave confirmed that the album-writing course of was underway within the first week of January. Responding to a query from Fred about his plans for 2023 on The Crimson Hand Information, Cave mentioned: “My plan for this 12 months is to make a brand new report with the Dangerous Seeds. That is each excellent news and unhealthy information. Excellent news as a result of who doesn’t desire a new Dangerous Seeds report? Dangerous information as a result of I’ve received to write down the bloody factor.”
He went on to disclose the he began the method at 9am on New Yr’s Day. “It’s now January 6. Almost every week has handed and I’ve written a couple of issues however they aren’t excellent, or possibly they’re, it’s tough to inform,” he mentioned.
“It’s the identical with each report, I really feel that acquainted feeling of lack, like I’m an enormous, dumb clean factor in a swimsuit. I’m grumpy as fuck and Susie [Bick] has decamped for every week. Something that resembles a artistic impulse is burrowed manner down in some mossy, froggy gap, asleep.”
Talking to NME this 12 months, Cave mentioned that he didn’t assume that he and the band might make “an old-school Dangerous Seeds report anymore the place it’s principally a rock band taking part in”.
He added: “I don’t see that occuring. Not that this subsequent [Bad Seeds] report is ambient – it’s by no means – however I simply don’t see us going again to that primary rock’n’roll model. I simply don’t know the best way to do it anymore.”
He additionally added {that a} new report by storage rock aspect venture Grinderman may be doable.
Elsewhere, Cave recalled being “excessive” whereas taking to the stage with Kylie Minogue on High Of The Pops. The singer-songwriter additionally lately teamed up with one other pop veteran, Blondie, for a canopy of The Gun Membership’s Jeffrey Lee Pierce’s ‘On The Different Facet’.
