Description
This last year has seen a burst of creativity as people are turning to art to express themselves. The most recent album by Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds bandmate Warren Ellis is surreal and emotive, a reflection of Cave’s darkest times during the Covid-19 pandemic. Described by Cave as ‘a brutal but very beautiful record embedded in a communal catastrophe,’ Carnage is an album rooted in current events. The motifs of overwhelming frustration and being stuck recur throughout, juxtaposed by the feeling of hope and positivity that inspires the end of the album.
Carnage is a hypnotically beautiful and heartfelt album. Filled with anger, desperation, passion, love, sadness, and hope, the songs are tied well together by the same romantic grandeur Cave gives to his music. Beginning with frustration and loneliness, the album journeys through Cave’s conflicting emotions to arrive at a communal sense of determination, a positive note that we can get through these difficult times.
