Skeleton Tree is sixteenth studio album by Australian rock band
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. It was released on 9 September 2016 on Bad Seed Ltd. A follow-up to the band's critically acclaimed album
Push the Sky Away (2013),
Skeleton Tree was recorded over a two-year period in several studios in
Brighton,
La Frette-sur-Seine and London and was produced by
Nick Cave,
Warren Ellis and
Nick Launay.
During the sessions Cave's 15-year-old son Arthur died from an
accidental cliff fall. Most of the album had been written at the time of
Cave's son's death, but several lyrics were amended by Cave during
subsequent recording sessions and feature themes of death, loss and
personal grief.
Skeleton Tree's minimal production and "less polished" sound incorporates elements of
alternative rock,
electronica and
ambient music and features extensive use of synthesisers, drum machines and
loops that were previously explored on
Push the Sky Away. Several songs on the album utilise
avant-garde techniques, including the use of
dissonant musical elements and non-standard
song structures.
Cave's allegorical and often-improvised lyrics have also been noted to
be less narrative and character-based than on previous Bad Seeds'
albums.
One More Time with Feeling, a documentary film about the aftermath of Cave's son's death and the recording process of
Skeleton Tree, accompanied the album's release. Directed by
Andrew Dominik, the film received a limited release and was conceived by Cave to explain the context and themes of
Skeleton Tree without conducting interviews with the media. Both the film and the album received widespread critical acclaim.
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