CARNAGE - Nick Cave & Warren Ellis: Review
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis are a singer/songwriter and composer respectively who have been a part of the legendary indie music project Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds for decades. While this is their first official collaboration under their own names they have worked together closely particularly on the previous trilogy of Bad Seeds albums over the last decade, each of which have some level of sonic connection to Carnage . Review By Lav: While I'm obviously a fan of Nick Cave and many of The Bad Seeds records over their nearly 40 year career, I'm not quite as die hard a fan as some of their most dedicated and studious followers. That being said I did enjoy both of the previous Bad Seeds albums with 2017's somber and harrowing Skeleton Tree being one of my favorite projects from the group in decades. Given that this was a surprise drop I didn't have much time or any singles to set my expectations for the project and ultimately I'm glad, because the highlights here a...