Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds performing at Manchester Arena (Gary Mather / Live4ever)
A Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds double album will be released next week, entitled Ghosteen.
In the form of a response to a fan, Cave has described the album thus:
“Dear Joe,
You can expect a new album next week. It is called Ghosteen. It is a double album. Part 1 comprises of eight songs. The Spinning Song, Bright Horses, Waiting For You, Night Raid, Sun Forest, Galleon Ship, Ghosteen Speaks, Leviathan.”
Part 2 consists of two long songs, linked by a spoken word piece. Ghosteen, Fireflies, Hollywood. The songs on the first album are the children.. The songs on the second album are their parents.
Ghosteen is a migrating spirit.
Love, Nick.”
It’ll be released on October 5th, the follow-up to 2016’s Skeleton Tree, a deeply honest account of loss and death as Cave reflected on the tragic death of his son Arthur.