Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds today release their new album Wild God, on streaming, CD, and standard and limited edition colour vinyl. The album has been celebrated by critics around the world, with 4 and 5 star reviews across the board. Cave says “I hope the album has the effect on listeners that it’s had on me. It bursts out of the speaker, and I get swept up with it. It’s a complicated record, but it’s also deeply and joyously infectious.”
Across ten tracks on Wild God, the band dance between convention and experimentation, taking left-turns and detours that heighten the rich imagery and emotion in Cave’s soul-stirring narratives. It is the sound of a group emboldened by reconnection and taking flight. There are moments that touch fondly upon the Bad Seeds’ past but they are fleeting, and serve only to imbue the relentless and restless forward motion of the band.
Produced by Cave and Warren Ellis, and mixed by David Fridmann, Cave began writing the album on New Year’s Day 2023. With sessions at Miraval in Provence and Soundtree in London, the Bad Seeds added their unique alchemy, with additional performances from Colin Greenwood (bass) and Luis Almau (nylon string guitar, acoustic guitar).
“Wild God…there’s no fucking around with this record. When it hits, it hits. It lifts you. It moves you. I love that about it.” Nick Cave
The band shared three tracks in the build-up to the release: “Wild God,” “Frogs,” and “Long Dark Night.” And, in celebration of the release of Wild God, Rough Trade and London’s Kings Place hosted an exclusive Q&A with Cave on the eve of his record’s release. Attendees had the opportunity to listen to the album in full and participate in a Q&A with Cave.
Wild God is available globally on streaming, CD, and standard and limited edition vinyl, on Bad Seed in partnership with Play It Again Sam. The track listing is as follows:
1. Song of the Lake
2. Wild God
3. Frogs
4. Joy
5. Final Rescue Attempt
6. Conversion
7. Cinnamon Horses
8. Long Dark Night
9. O Wow O Wow (How Wonderful She Is)
10. As the Waters Cover the Sea
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have announced their first headline tour of the UK and Europe since 2017, across 17 countries this Autumn, starting on September 24 in Germany with UK shows from November 2. Due to huge demand for tickets, the band have since added second shows in Berlin, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Copenhagen, Dublin and London. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds are widely regarded as one of the greatest live acts in the world today, and these shows are some of the most hotly anticipated of 2024.
UK & Irish Tour Dates (with Black Country, New Road)
2 November – Leeds, UK – first direct arena
3 November – Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro
5 November – Manchester, UK – AO Arena
6 November – Cardiff, UK – Utilita Arena
8 November – London, UK – The O2 *SOLD OUT*
9 November – London, UK – The O2
12 November -Dublin, Ireland – 3Arena
13 November – Dublin, Ireland – 3Arena
15 November – Birmingham, UK – Resorts World Arena