Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds released Dig Lazarus Dig a couple of weeks ago now.
I've listened to the new album a few times now. Unfortunately the opinion of the fanboy detractors are right (as opposed to the praise from the mainstream press). My opinion started somewhere between average and below average the first time around, and has been going further south with each successive listen.
I see it more as a failed experiment rather than the insult of intelligence that Nocturama was, but I do find myself asking how Nick can go from his former greatness to this? The album does not work as a concept, none of the songs are individually strong, and the great poetic lyrics (a Nick hallmark) are completely absent.
There is not a single song on this album that would hold a candle to whatever would be considered the worst song on Your Funeral My Trial or Henry's Dream.
Nick needs a bad review to help him get some anger back...
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