Nick Cave
"Another Nick Cave masterpiece. Where does this magical genius keep appearing from?" - reads the top Google Review for 'Wild God', the latest album from Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds. Over the last decade Nick Cave has shifted his 'Prince of Darkness' image into something calmer; something which is determined not only to recognise but to loudly exclaim the value and the beauty in the world. Fair enough. Since this shift, which arguably begins at Push the Sky Away (2013), universal acclaim has followed Cave at every step. He has shifted from a price to a God. Although admittedly the musical style of his recent years wouldn't be my personal go-to, it's hard to objectively dismiss some of the acclaim. However the almost unanimous 5 star reviews for Wild God has made me question what exactly is happening here. Fans of Cave's 'older music' tend to be glibly dismissed in their critiques, both by the media and by Cave himself, as simply objecting ...