Bleep

Any group with such a storied history is sure to use some of their prior efforts as a backdrop (and The Bad Seeds certainly do some of that here), but what’s most striking about Wild God is how often they break from tradition. The sparsely theatrical ‘Conversion’ is more soliloquy than rock hall fodder and all the better for it, while ‘O Wow O Wow (How Wonderful She Is)’ is as positively chipper as its title suggests, if not more so. A thrilling change of pace for a band that’s historically made its bones on the macabre. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds make their official debut on the PIAS label with their 18th LP entitled Wild God.