Nick Cave – Seven Psalms (2022)

If Nick Cave makes twelve more spoken word records, then he will also make one on the level of Félicia Atkinson’s »Image Language«. Until that happens, however, »Seven Palms« remains a note in the margin of Cave’s discography. These pastorally performed poems lack arrangement and concept; only the instrumental mega mix at the end of the record gives an idea of what could have been possible with a little more compositional ambition. And I usually start crying when Nick Cave simply mentions »Father« and »Loss«…