Nick Cave on the new Bad Seeds album – and the chances of more from Grinderman
nme.comNick Cave has spoken about what to expect from the next Bad Seeds album, and if there’s a chance of more music from Grinderman any time soon.Earlier this year, the Australian musician was criticised by a fan for losing the anger that was present in much of his earlier work.In a post on his blog The Red Hand Files, Cave shared a note from the fan who asked: “When did you become a Hallmark card hippie?
Joy, love, peace. Puke! Where’s the rage, anger, hatred?”In response, Cave said the death of his son Arthur was behind the shift in his energy. “Things changed after my first son died,” he wrote. “I changed.
For better or for worse, the rage you speak of lost its allure and, yes, perhaps I became a Hallmark card hippie. Hatred stopped being interesting.
Those feelings were like old dead skins that I shed. They were their own kind of puke.”Speaking to NME as part of a recent “good faith conversation” about his new book, cancel culture, the coronation and more, Cave addressed his recent response to the fan about “angry” music and if this meant he might not ever return to a space where he could make another [garage rock side project] Grinderman record.“We could do a Grinderman record, because Grinderman is essentially improv.
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