Wild God is Nick Cave’s next studio album with the band Bad Seeds; the album is scheduled to hit streaming next Friday, the 30th
Singer and composer responsible for hits such as “The Children,” “Red Right Hand,” “Into My Arms” and “Where the Wild Roses Grow,” Nick Cave explained the meaning behind the name Wild Godnext studio album with the band Bad Seeds.
It is worth remembering how, in free translation, the album title would be something like “Wild God.” The release date is set for August 30, 2024 on digital platforms. tracklist has ten tracks and the album was co-produced by Warren Ellis.
In response to a fan, who made a post on the website Cavecalled The Red Hand Filesthe 66-year-old artist spoke about some details of the new work. In fact, this admirer even wrote a poem entitled “Wild God.”
“I am aware of your poem, although I have found mine’Wild God‘entirely independent of yours’Wild God.’ As a friend suggested, perhaps the same’Wild God‘ was just ‘making the rounds’ looking for someone new to write about him,” the musician said.
“By the end of November 2023, Warren and I were in the studio Dave Fridmann, Tarbox Roadin Cassadaga, New York, which is basically a cabin in the woods,” he recalled. “On the last afternoon, it was raining heavily and the two of us were sitting on the porch watching the rain overflow from the gutters and drip through the trees. We had finished mixing, felt like we had a great record and were very pleased with ourselves. Warren asked me what we were going to call the record.”
I had three ideas, which were song titles for the album,’Conversion‘, ‘Joy‘ and ‘Wild God.’ We discussed the titles and thought that’Conversion‘ was probably too overtly religious and might scare people; we both liked it’Joy,’ but I was worried that the word ‘Joy‘ could be interpreted as ‘Happy‘, which seemed misleading. This left ‘Wild God.’ We both agreed that this was a powerful and mysterious title for an album.
Right away, Nick Cave revealed how he researched the term “Wild God” on Google, to make sure no one had used it before, but discovered a poem of the same name – the one the fan mentioned.
“Warren and I were silent. We sat on the porch in the woods and continued to watch the rain pour over the gutters and drip through the trees, thinking about the poem. ‘F*** it,’ he says. Warren‘there’s always something,'” he said.
I love the sense of an ordered humanity at the mercy of this ancient, chaotic, pagan force – of ‘wrens singing old songs in the mouth of our kettle.’
“Reading it is a particular pleasure because it gives weight to my own ‘Wild God,’ pouring meaning into it and deepening it and intensifying it, and I think reading your poem out loud and listening to my music at the same time is a powerful experience,” he continued. “I see you wrote your poem about ten years ago – clearly, we’re traveling down the same road, you’re just a little further along than I am!”
Hold your flashlight high, Tom Hirons. We need it. And thank you for reaching out so graciously. I wish you the best in everything and encourage everyone reading this letter to check out your extraordinary poem.
Source: Rollingstone
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