Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away

[UnforgettableLemon]

"Soon the children will be rising, will be rising. This is not for our eyes."

God damn.

Yeah. This album (and that song in particular) is incredibly quotable.

"They told us our dreams would outlive us. They told us our gods would outlive us. But they lied."

Jeezus.

 

[LemonMelon]

"We love the ones we can" and "just breathe...I need you" are two very simple but very resonant lines. Skeleton Tree isn't Cave at his most eloquent, but he says precisely what he means to on these songs. There's no wasted space.

 

[UnforgettableLemon]

I love Nick Cave, but the eloquence can, at times, read as affectation or even histrionics. The minimalist approach, while at times frustratingly ambiguous, can often have its own kind of incidental, natural eloquence. There are stray lines in every song that have a casual poetry about them.

 

[iron yuppie]

Where the hell is Cobbler? Want to know what he thinks of this album.

 

[martha]

He's in France with his sweetheart.

 

[iron yuppie]

Oh right. Probably a good thing he didn't hear this before a trip of that nature.

 

[martha]

I listened to this on the way to LA this afternoon. I like it, but it is harrowing. The word "saturating" came to mind as well.


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[cobl04]

Heyyyyy iYup. Cool to know you thought of me. I listened to it three times through on the 6hr train trip from Venice (omfg so beautiful) to Rome today. Disappointed it didn't come with lyrics (I bought it at France's equivalent of JB HiFi, 'fnac', in Nice (omg, also, so beautiful) but then I guess that fits the bare bones aesthetic of the thing.

The run of I Need You - Distant Sky - Skeleton Tree is absolutely phenomenal. Been moving around a lot so no time to read posts or tweets or reviews but I'm not sure it's as desperately bleak as I've seen it painted in snippets - Distant Sky feels like the 'acceptance' stage of grief and then Skeleton Tree closes things off on a positive note, at the very least musically, if you ask me, which is utterly incredible given the subject matter and short runtime. I need to listen closer, though, I may be wrong on the lyrics.

I think I may grow to like it more than Push the Sky Away, which would be a huge feat as to date that's equal with No More Shall We Part as my favourite NC & Bad Seeds record. First listen I was a little underwhelmed but there's parts to songs like Magneto and Anthrocene that I pulled out on subsequent listens. Also really liked your description of Rings of Saturn, iYup, an astute observation and one I think makes sense, after I was initially a bit shocked to hear synths on a Nick Cave record, particularly on track two after six minutes of heavy drone.

tl;dr - , I Need You and Distant Sky had me nearly in tears on the first listen, which is quite rare.

 

[iron yuppie]

Apparently there is a demo out there of the song Skeleton Tree that is much darker than the version on record. I really need to see the accompanying film.

 

[dan_smee]

I put off listening until I could hear it on vinyl - holy bloody hell. This album is beautiful, heartbreaking, enthralling, draining, exhilarating, devastating, ethereal.

Girl in Amber and Distant Sky are on repeat at the moment (now I have downloaded it). This album has seriously floored me. Album of the year so far for me.

 

[iron yuppie]

 

[cobl04]

This record is tremendous.

Also the female singer on Distant Sky sounds like Natasha Khan.

 

[cobl04]

I can't think of many trios better than I Need You > Distant Sky > Skeleton Tree. This is definitely the sleeper album of 2k16.

The title track is amaaaaazing. And all the more emotional after what precedes it.

 

[iron yuppie]

I can't think of many trios better than I Need You > Distant Sky > Skeleton Tree. This is definitely the sleeper album of 2k16.

#1 of the year for me. Only one that challenges it at the moment is Blonde.

 

[cobl04]

I call out, I call out...

 

[martha]

They're touring Australia and NZ next year.

 

[cobl04]

omfggggggggg

 

[martha]

Live - Nick Cave

 

[cobl04]

if I'm back in Aus I will definitely go to the Ballarat gig. That would be awesome.

 

[martha]

US tour dates are up on that page as well.


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[LemonMelon]

Bleh, the Greek. I'll still go if I'm still living here in June, which I probably will be.

 

[martha]

The Greek bites, and that date might be bad for me. I might go down to San Diego.


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[PhilsFan]

I was literally about to buy a ticket until I realized it is $70. What the hell?

 

[martha]

San Diego was a bust, so I went ahead and got Greek Theater tickets. I haven't seen Nick and the Bad Seeds for maybe a decade. Grinderman doesn't count.


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[LemonMelon]

I was literally about to buy a ticket until I realized it is $70. What the hell?

It was really expensive to see him at the Chicago Theater too. I don't remember how much I paid, maybe $100?

 

[PhilsFan]

I'd go if it was half that, but $70 is out of my price range.

 

[nielsgov]

This album is really really good. Definite top five.

 

[cobl04]

For me, too. Battling it out with the likes of AMSP and TLOP for my AOTY

 

[iron yuppie]

What is TLOP?

 

[cobl04]

I'm not going to dignify that with a response.


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