For years
now I seem to have been providing the same review for every album
that Nick Cave has released.
Not word
for word of course, but the bones of them remain the same.
I flesh
it out with some broad brush strokes of praise, but fundamentally I
just keep reiterating that when I finish repeatedly listening to his
latest offering that I then can't imagine how he will top it when he
revisits the studio to provide the next one, but then with each
release he does.
He simply
stands knee deep in shards of glass as he smashes each ceiling he
makes for himself.
As other
peoples career paths rise and then fall, or even just reach a
plateau, he continues mapping out new ground, or in some cases, like
on Water's Edge improving on what is in most listeners mind the Nick
Cave sound and style.
When you
sit Dig Lazarus Dig next to Push The Sky Away, and then consider that
there's been the Grinderman material between them, it's difficult not
to think that here is an artist that deserves every over inflated god
like genius award that is going.
I guess
my point is that whenever we listen in awe to what his latest release
reveals that it is easy to think that he will not be able to surpass
it, but we can't commit ourselves to that thought as he consistently
does.
I would
struggle to think of anyone else who has not only maintained a level
of quality like this throughout their careers, but continuously
worked positively on their artistry in the manner he has.
He is the
renaissance man of this era.
Song
writing, film scores, scripts, acting, novels and more.
With Push
The Sky Away it will be said that he is at the top of his game, but
only until the next release.
Utterly
compelling, and if we did have souls then this is what would be used
to fuel them.
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