"When I listen to this record, I smile" ;: the Australian artist Nick Cave, whose last albums were marked by the death of his two sons, gives way to joy with Wild God, which is already on the music market, reported AFP, quoted by BTA.
It's a new Nick Cave, who appeared on Thursday night in London in front of journalists and fans to introduce the album. He remains the eternal dandy with a dark suit and long brown hair, but the tortured performer is now joking, looking calm and even carefree.
Wild God is the 18th album by Nick Cave with his band "Bad Seeds".
"It's a happy record," says the singer-songwriter. "Wild God is the sound of the parting curtain and penetrating light. There is also a miracle," says the 66-year-old Australian, who has behind him a career of over 40 years and full halls without being a mainstream artist.
One of his biggest hits is the "macabre romantic" 1995 song Where the Wild Roses Grow featuring Australian pop star Kylie Minogue.
One of his songs - Red Right Hand, was chosen as the theme song of the series "Sharp Visors".
Introducing his new album, Nick Cave said some of the songs on it like Frogs and Conversion make him smile.
The contrast is palpable to his previous Bad Seeds album, the desperately sad Ghosteen (2019). It is imbued with the memory of his son Arthur, who died in 2015 aged 15 after falling off a cliff in Brighton in southern England.
In the spring of 2022, Nick Cave also lost his 31-year-old son, Jethro Lazenby. The cause of death has not been made public.
In his songs and concerts, he does not hide his grief. Wild God, however, marks a new stage, a new stage in mourning: when life once again takes its rightful place. "The record doesn't run away from certain things, it reveals the ability to feel other emotions," says Nick Cave.
Physically, the performer looks like it hasn't changed in years. But the double tragedy has certainly changed him profoundly.
His relationship with the audience is also changing. "It saved me in a way,", he notes.
Nick Cave creates a website - The Red Hand Files - to give something "in return" to his fans. People write to him from all over the world, trust him, ask for advice after the loss of a loved one, ask him questions.
And Nick Cave answers. "It's really weird what's going on with The Red Hand Files. It's like looking into the souls of fans," he says.
Cave will tour Europe in the fall. Tickets for several concerts are already sold out. "It will be great,", he promises.