"Dragging his hand across the piano keys, Nick Cave leaps into the air and charges towards the crowd like a preacher breaking from the pulpit. Bring your spirit down! he cries repeatedly, arms flung wide as the choir roars behind him. It's barely 10 minutes into their set at Fremantle Park in Perth, and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds have the audience in the palm of their hands."
"Touring their 2024 album Wild God in Australia for the first time, they open with the brooding track Frogs and the eponymous Wild God, an explosive crescendo of high-pitched strings, soaring vocals and pounding percussion. You look fantastic! a fan calls out to Cave from the crowd of almost 10,000. Yeah I do, the 68-year-old replies, glancing down at his slick black suit and tie. Actually, I look like a Mormon."
"It's a moment of sardonic self-recognition for Cave, who has found solace in Christianity following the deaths of his sons Arthur and Jethro. Tellingly, the title track of his 18th studio album sketches a God-like figure: an ageing, proselytising man who travels through memory in search of believers, not an omnipotent deity but one forged through suffering. The tour marks the first time Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds have performed in Australia since 2017,"
"Released in 2024, Wild God brings the full band back into focus for a record steeped in biblical language and philosophical inquiry. Cave is joined on stage by a formidable ensemble Warren Ellis, Jim Sclavunos, George Vjestica, Larry Mullins, Colin Greenwood and Carly Paradis alongside a four-person gospel-inflected choir. Over a generous two-and-a-half-hour set, they move between new material and songs spanning Cave's four-decade career."
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds performed to almost 10,000 people at Fremantle Park in Perth, opening with Frogs and Wild God from their 2024 album Wild God. The set lasted two-and-a-half hours and combined new material with songs spanning Cave's four-decade career. Wild God centers on biblical language and philosophical inquiry and sketches a God-like, ageing, proselytising figure forged through suffering. Cave has found solace in Christianity following the deaths of his sons Arthur and Jethro. The band included Warren Ellis, Jim Sclavunos, George Vjestica, Larry Mullins, Colin Greenwood and Carly Paradis, supported by a four-person gospel-inflected choir.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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