Nick Cave's emotional latest album in response to the death of his son last year - a harrowing masterpiece
It’s hard not to approach 'Skeleton Tree' as an album with an elephant in the room, a malevolent loiterer whose presence is liable to dominate and distort the listener’s entire field of vision. Nick Cave started work on his sixteenth Bad Seeds album well before the death of his 15 year old son Arthur in July of last year but whatever 'Skeleton Tree' was supposed to be, it’s now become his public response to that single, life-altering tragedy. 5 out of 5 NME
September 2016