The album is raw and aching. Such power, pain and damage. Standing definately facing ageing, loneliness and death and the anticipation of what’s to come Marianne does so with grace and honesty and one cant help but feel this might be her final farewell.
I’m known by many different names,
My good friend Will calls me Puck and Robin Goodfellow,
I follow the Gypsy Faerie Queen
And I follow the Gypsy Faerie Queen
She walks the length and breadth of England,
Singing her song, using her wand,
To help and heal the land and the creatures on it,
She’s dressed in rags of moleskin
and wears a crown of Rowan berries on her brow…
And I follow, follow, follow,
The Gypsy Faerie Queen,
We exist, exist, exist, exist,
in the twilight in-between.
She bears a blackthorn staff
To help her in her walking,
I only listen to her sing,
But I never hear her talking anymore,
Though once she did,
Though once she did…
And I follow, follow, follow
My Gypsy Faerie Queen,
We exist, exist, exist,
in the twilight in-between,
And I follow, follow, follow,
My Gypsy Faerie Queen,
We exist, exist, exist,
in the country in-between,
Me and my Gypsy Queen.
Written by Marianne Faithfull / Nick Cave
Following the successful release with Nick Cave in 2015, Fast Times now present the second collaboration with Nick Cave and Chuck Sperry.
The iconic Australian singer-songwriter, Fast Times friend and frontman of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds has left a long-lasting impression with his extensive music catalogue and creative vision.
No stranger to Nick’s projects and tour art is San Francisco artist Chuck Sperry. Similar to our first collaboration with these two legends, Chuck’s artwork draws inspiration from Nick’s song, Heathen Child from the Album Grinderman 2, featuring the lyrics ‘Hey Little Moo Moo, Light As a Rainbow’. The song was chosen by Nick himself to represent the Melbourne skate scene and Fast Times community.
The full wrap graphic on the decks use a metallic glitter giving the boards a unique texture and feel.
"The charm bracelet was an idea Nick and I have had for many years. I wanted to make a piece of jewellery that took the idea of the traditional charm bracelet but played around with it, in that each charm corresponded to one of my favourite of Nick’s songs." - Susie Cave
Musician, novelist, score composer and occasional actor: Nick Cave is a Renaissance man. His wide-ranging artistic output has always demonstrated an extraordinary gift for storytelling.
Employing a cast of characters drawn from Cave’s music and writing, Reinhard Kleist’s Nick Cave: Mercy On Me paints an expressive, enthralling portrait of a formidable artist and influencer. Kleist captures Cave’s childhood in Australia; his early years fronting The Birthday Party; the sublime highs of his success with The Bad Seeds; and the struggles he encountered along the way to self expression.
LOVELY CREATURES - THE BEST OF NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS
“There are some people out there who just don’t know where to start with The Bad Seeds. Others know the catalogue better than I do! This release is designed to be a way into three decades of music making. That’s a lot of songs. The songs we have chosen are the ones that have stuck around, for whatever reason. Some songs are those that demand to be played live. Others are lesser songs that are personal favourites of ours. Others are just too big and have too much history to leave out. And there are those that didn’t make it, poor things. They are the ones you must discover by yourselves.”Nick Cave
Lovely Creatures – The Best of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 1984-2014 was compiled by Nick Cave and founding member Mick Harvey, with help from the current Bad Seeds. Band members past and present raided their personal archives to provide previously unseen photos and memorabilia which have been collected into a beautiful hardcover book, along with a series of original essays.
The book is available as part of the limited edition ‘Super Deluxe’ album collection that also comes with a two hour DVD containing rare and unseen archive footage.
Lovely Creatures is available in four formats, all featuring personal and rare photographs of the band.
Lovely Creatures was originally intended for release in 2015. Since its postponement the band have recorded and released their 16th studio album Skeleton Tree. Read a statement from Nick Cave taken from the book here.
Order the album and buy tickets now http://smarturl.it/NCATBSwebsite The official video for 'Jesus Alone', taken from new album, 'Skeleton Tree', and feature film, 'One More Time With Feeling'.
