Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds have been playing around in the studio with “the vague idea of perhaps making a new record.”
The 68-year-old frontman was answering a question about his sleeping habits on his Red Hand Files blog when he let slip that he and his bandmates Martyn P. Casey, Thomas Wydler, Jim Sclavunos and Warren Ellis have been tinkering with early ideas for what might become a new album.
He wrote: “This morning, I am going to Islington to mess around in the studio with Marty (he’s well now), Thomas (him too), Jim (always robust), and Warren (still lovely and deranged) with the vague idea of perhaps making a new record. In the back of the cab, conscious that I haven’t got time to write anything more substantial this week, I knock out this Red Hand File, fully aware, dear reader, that it’s kind of c***. This doesn’t mean I don’t love you. I do. But forgive me all the same.”
Their last studio album was 2024’s Wild God.
Coming up, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds will headline Brighton’s Preston Park on July 30.
The huge outdoor gig will mark a homecoming for Cave, who was a resident of the British seaside town for many years, with much of his life work inspired by the storied streets.
He commented: “I am thrilled beyond words to return to my beloved Brighton with The Bad Seeds to play Preston Park. It’s a homecoming! It’s going to be big, bad and beautiful. An epic show!!!”
The setlist will include songs from all four decades of their career including their most recent record.