Nick Cave calls writing songs “a fucking nightmare”
Nick Cave talked with MOJO ahead of the release of his anticipated new album with The Bad Seeds, Wild God, and the conversation turned to the process of songwriting. Nick admitted that the process was “a fucking nightmare” to him, telling MOJO, “I don’t like writing songs. To write a song is this deeply mysterious, abstract, anxiety-ridden process that’s just not fun. Playing around with the kid is fine but to get the kid out is a fucking nightmare. So I put it off until I can’t put it off any further.”
He also touched on the process of making 2019’s Ghosteen, telling MOJO, “I’m happy that it exists but it was a painful thing to make. I fucking hate hearing bands talk about the pain of making a record, because I don’t believe them. But Ghosteen had its attendant agonies for sure, and not something I’d want to repeat.”
Wild God is out on August 30, and the most recent single is “Frogs,” which you can hear below.
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