Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Share New Single ‘Frogs’
This is the second single taken from the band’s much anticipated album, Wild God.
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In the leadup to the release of their 18th album Wild God, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds have shared the record’s uplifting second single ‘Frogs’.
Following on from ‘Wild God’, this new taste of the band’s forthcoming record features swirling instrumentation and Cave’s signature baritone with lyrics referencing the biblical story of Cain and Abel, along with country and western legend Kriss Kristofferson.
It’s a song Cave is pretty excited about, revealing in a statement; “The sheer exuberance of a song like ‘Frogs’, it just puts a big fucking smile on my face.”
Wild Gods is set for release on August 30 and follows 2019’s heartbreaking Ghosteen. The ten track album has been described by Cave in a press release as “a complicated record, but it’s also deeply and joyously infectious.”
Cave adds: “There is never a masterplan when we make a record. The records rather reflect back the emotional state of the writers and musicians who played them. Listening to this, I don’t know, it seems we’re happy. There’s no fucking around with this record. When it hits, it hits. It lifts you. It moves you. I love that about it.”
To coincide with the release, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds are also releasing a short doco series detailing the recording of Wild God. The Making of Wild God - Part 1 shows the band in the studio and features an appearance by Radiobead’s Colin Greenwood.
Wild God is set for release on August 30. You can pre-order/pre-save the album here.
