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Someone is still able to play and write music rock and blues. And as if he felt the need. After five years, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds return with a disk as needed. Pleasant, pure, clean and embellished with some gems. A result taken for granted. Many wondered what would be the next step goodbye to Mick Harvey, historian and co-founder (co) soul of the group, arranger of many of the songs written by leader Nick Cave. Perhaps secondary issues for those who do not know the Australian singer (naturalized European), important for those who were afraid of seeing disappointed expectations.
Push away the sky would be a good first step to get to know the world of Nick Cave. A panorama made also, and above all luck - say fans - many more amenities. Because if, for better or for worse, a critic can move this disk is almost too much homogeneity of the tracks. But this is also the great advantage of a set of songs very well kept. Arrangements (great unknown after the departure of Harvey) are minimalist and create the right balance between the different souls of the disc. And what comes out is the voice of King Ink, deep and clear.
A voice that perhaps never in previous work had been so on top of the music. About the new sounds that bind gently at the words at the bottom are just the lyrics Cave to make one of the most respected songwriters of the last decades. And this album is no exception. A disc can listen to (almost) every time. To keep in the background, to be playing in your headphones isolated from the world, to be studied in order to understand every nuance of wonderful songs like We No Who UR, Jubilee Street, Mermaids, Higgs Boson and Push The Sky Blues Away.
The next step is to hear it live. A dimension that has always given even greater depth to the disks Nick Cave and his Bad Seeds. The answer will come from the next tour (only Italian date on July 11 in Lucca). In the meantime, we have to listen to this album which he really felt the need. There are missed. And the wait has been rewarded.
