A Ten Tonne Catastrophe / The Nick Cave Thread

[VinylGuy]

I agree but it always worked for me. Its a masterpiece...its tense, it rocks but at the same time its dark and heavy. Yeah, i can see it as a more introspective side of Grinderman.

[William Bloke]

Just giving Skeleton Tree my first run through. The song I Need You just bought some tears to my eyes.

I mentioned it before, but Nick's son who died was 15 - the same age as my son at the time. I just can't imagine the pain.

[kreng]

Downloaded the album, but gonna wait. Seeing the movie tomorrow which I'm sure will spark me to buy the record

[William Bloke]

Just giving Skeleton Tree my first run through. The song I Need You just bought some tears to my eyes.

I mentioned it before, but Nick's son who died was 15 - the same age as my son at the time. I just can't imagine the pain.

[VinylGuy]

After a first listen, i gotta say this might be even better than Push The Sky Away.
Its really, really good.

The title track is a stand out.

[VinylGuy]

Im dying to see One More Time With Feeling.

[Kevin Davis]

After one listen, I really like this, but I definitely didn't find it to be the emotionally overwhelming tempest I expected it to be. Much of what I'm reading suggests that many of these songs predate the tragedy involving his son, and while it's certainly possible for the songs to be sort of retroactively informed by the experience, only in very few instances does it feel to me like Nick is directly addressing his own loss. The songs are kind of oblique so those things may come out more over time, but I thought I was going to be a weepy mess at the end of this, and instead I felt like I'd simply sat through a pretty great, dark perhaps but not atypically so Nick Cave album. I find this very much a companion piece to "Push the Sky Away."

[Simple Torture]

Agree with KD's points. The overall theme of the record is certainly "loss" in some sense, but it's not like they're all directly referencing what happened to him personally. I think it's more interesting that way.

I haven't picked up the LP yet, but there are plenty of reports that it's a pretty bad pressing--lots of people receiving copies that are filthy or filled with pops, cracks, and distortions. That's sad to hear after all the excellent pressings of the old studio albums that came out over the past 2-3 years.

[LoathedVermin72]

First impression: like most quieter Cave albums, this isn't doing much for me. I think the quasi-experimental nature of the music might actually make it worse, as it mostly just renders the songs melodically weak. Cave's voice...doesn't sound very good.

[LoathedVermin72]

This...might be bad.

[Simple Torture]

I need some more focused listens on this, and while I generally like it, I think it's fair to say that the first track is the best one by a biiiiiiiiig margin.

[VinylGuy]

I love it.

I feel its experimental side its pretty awesome.

[kreng]

the songs in the film have a lot more punch than the actual record versions.

[VinylGuy]

the songs in the film have a lot more punch than the actual record versions.

Im dying to see the film. Hopefully a cool torrent will appear.

[Mike]

Is Abbatoir Blues super loudly mixed? Songs like Get Ready For Love or Hiding All Away hurt my ears.

[BurtReynolds]

This one's a bit of a slog.

[BurtReynolds]

yeah no I dont need this in my life thank you though

[William Bloke]

This album has quite grown on me, although for sure its a listen for a certain mood. The last 3 tracks in particular are really stellar.

'I Need You" in particular really hits me in the feelies.

[VinylGuy]

This album has quite grown on me, although for sure its a listen for a certain mood. The last 3 tracks in particular are really stellar.

'I Need You" in particular really hits me in the feelies.

Its a great song.

[William Bloke]

Got to work this morning to this e-mail:

TOURS ANNOUNCED - NORTH AMERICA, AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds will tour Australia & New Zealand in January 2017, and North America in May & June 2017.
The touring band line up features Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martyn Casey, Thomas Wydler, Jim Sclavunos, Conway Savage, George Vjestica and Larry Mullins.

Tickets for the Australian & New Zealand tour go on sale on Thursday 27th, tickets and on sale times here.
Tickets for the North American tour go on sale on Friday 28th at 10am local times here.

AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
13th January - Derwent Entertainment Centre, Hobart
15th January - North Gardens, Ballarat*
17th January - TSB Bank Arena, Wellington
18th January - Vector Arena, Auckland
20th January - ICC Sydney Theatre, Sydney*
21st January - ICC Sydney Theatre, Sydney*
22nd January - Newcastle Entertainment Centre, Newcastle
25th January - Riverstage, Brisbane*
27th January - Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne*
28th January - Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne*
29th January - Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide
31st January - Perth Arena, Perth
*The Necks will support the band at their shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Ballarat and Brisbane.

NORTH AMERICA TOUR
26th May - Kings Theatre, Brooklyn, NY
29th May - Metropolis, Montreal, QC
31st May - Massey Hall, Toronto, ON
1st June - Massey Hall, Toronto, ON
3rd June - Masonic Temple Theatre, Detroit, MI
5th June - Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA
7th June - Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, Asheville, NC
8th June - Carnegie Music Hall of Oakland, Pittsburgh, PA
10th June - Boch Center Wang Theatre, Boston, MA
13th June - Beacon Theatre, New York, NY
14th June - Beacon Theatre, New York, NY
16th June - Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL
18th June - Paramount Theatre, Denver, CO
19th June - Kingsbury Hall, Salt Lake City, UT
21st June - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR
22nd June - Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, BC
24th June - Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA
26th June - Civic Theatre, San Diego, CA
29th June - Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA

Saw tickets were already on sale for my home show (!) so jumped straight on line expecting disappointment. Came away 2 minutes later the proud owner of 2 very sweet A Reserve seats. Happy days.

I do wish he wasn't playing at the Perth Arena though, somewhere more intimate would be nice, but hey! I'll take what I can get.