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Nick Cave staat al jaren aan de top. De in 1957 in Australië geboren singer-songwriter was van 1973 tot 1983 frontman van de The Birthday Party. In 1984 startte hij met zijn Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, een groep die bijna 40 jaar later nog steeds alive and kicking is.
Dig Lazarus Dig is het veertiende album van de groep en kwam uit in 2008. Het album werd opgenomen in de The State of the Ark Studios in Richmond, London.
Op zijn website schreef Cave het volgende over het album.
Ever since I can remember hearing the Lazarus story, when I was a kid, you know, back in church, I was disturbed and worried by it. Traumatised, actually. We are all, of course, in awe of the greatest of Christ's miracles—raising a man from the dead—but I couldn't help but wonder how Lazarus felt about it. As a child it gave me the creeps, to be honest. I've taken Lazarus and stuck him in New York City, in order to give the song, a hip, contemporary feel. I was also thinking about Harry Houdini who spent a lot of his life trying to debunk the spiritualists who were cashing in on the bereaved. He believed there was nothing going on beyond the grave. He was the second greatest escapologist, Harry was, Lazarus, of course, being the greatest. I wanted to create a kind of vehicle, a medium, for Houdini to speak to us if he so desires, you know, from beyond the grave.
New - 2LP - 180gr - 2014 - Mute
1. Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig!!!
2. Today's Lesson
3. Moonland
4. Night of the Lotus Eaters
5. Albert Goes West
6. We Call Upon the Author
7. Hold On To Yourself
8. Lie Down Here (and Be My Girl)
9. Jesus of the Moon
10. Midnight Man
11. More News From Nowhere
