Ahead of his 18th studio album, Nick Cave reflects on grief, the beauty of the world and the challenging journey of acceptance.
Nick Cave: ‘ Acceptance is tricky. Trying to get back to what you used to be, I consider a waste of time. You are fundamentally changed’ Ahead of the 18th Bad Seeds studio album, Cave shares expansive thoughts on grief, the ‘angel’ Shane MacGowan and the beauty of the world Nick Cave: 'I don’t get as irritated by life as I used to. Everything used to piss me off.' Photograph: Venetia Scott.
His career spans several incarnations, from frontman of The Birthday Party, the so-called most violent band in the world, to becoming a modern master of the romantic piano ballad, gifted with an unmistakable baritone. Recent chapters of his story have seen Cave re-emerge from the depths of grief and offer up his personal experience of bereavement as a way to help others find community and consolation in even the most difficult of circumstances.. The 15-year-old fell from a cliff, into the underpass of Ovingdean Gap in Brighton, near the Cave family home, and suffered a fatal brain injury. Seven years later, Cave’s 31-year-old son,Love, loss, and death already featured prominently in Cave’s work over the years. Lest we forget, his biggest chart hit was a murder ballad with Kylie Minogue, Where the Wild Roses Grow. But since 2018 Cave has been offering words of comfort to fans seeking support via a website called, an oasis of reflection amid the internet’s entrenched negativity. Here you can quite literally ask Nick Cave anything you like. A recent question published on the forum comes courtesy of a fan from Sweden called Karin, who asks Cave: ‘I’m wondering if you have any thoughts about loneliness. I am middle-aged and richly blessed in life, with children, a husband and a good job that I enjoy. I have friends and interests, but still struggle with a sense of loneliness. It is a melancholy that varies in darkness. I don’t think anyone notices because I’m positive and often cheerful
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