Deusner of Pitchfork stated that "this is how rock musicians are supposed to age". A review from NME described Dig, Lazarus Dig!!! as a " gothic psycho-sexual apocalypse" and stated that "just when The Bad Seeds seemed content to settle into middle-age as a cabaret gospel showband – albeit an extraordinary one – they've bared their teeth again". The album currently holds a score of 87 out of 100 on the review aggregate site Metacritic, which indicates "universal acclaim". ‹ The template Album ratings is being considered for merging. › Professional ratings Aggregate scoresĬritical response to Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! was overwhelmingly positive, with reviewers acclaiming the album as both a return to greatness and a new side of the band. The "More News From Nowhere" video released in May 2008, features cameo appearances by journalist Will Self, singer Beth Orton, British TV actors Karl Theobald, Michael Higgs and Caroline Catz plus British artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster and socialite/ broadcaster Peaches Geldof. It draws its title from News from Nowhere, an 1890 utopian socialist novel by William Morris.Īn extended promotional video for "Night of the Lotus Eaters" was also released along with a live studio video of "Midnight Man" and a promotional video for "More News From Nowhere", all directed by artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard. The second single, " More News From Nowhere", was released on 12 May. On 18 February the title track " Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!" was released as the first single-on CD, limited edition 7", and as a digital download-with "Accidents Will Happen" as the B-side. Singles and promotion Ī series of viral video trailers for the album were produced by artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard. 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. He was the second greatest escapologist, Harry was, Lazarus, of course, being the greatest. He believed there was nothing going on beyond the grave. 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. I've taken Lazarus and stuck him in New York City, in order to give the song, a hip, contemporary feel. As a child it gave me the creeps, to be honest. 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. On the band's official website Cave wrote about his inspiration for the album:Įver 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. At the J Awards of 2008, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year. ĭig, Lazarus, Dig!!! features artwork by British artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster. In line with this approach, the album was recorded in about five days, an uncommonly short period for a full-length album from the band. In several interviews Cave stated the album would "sound like Grinderman," implying a garage rock sound. It is also the first to be released since the Bad Seeds side project Grinderman released their eponymous album. Dig features the same personnel as the Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus double album (though the involvement of both Johnston and pianist Conway Savage is dramatically reduced). It was also the second without founding member Blixa Bargeld. It was the last album to feature founding member Mick Harvey, who left the Bad Seeds in 2009, and organist James Johnston, who left the band before the support tour. The album was recorded in June and July 2007 at The State of the Ark Studios in Richmond, London and mixed by Nick Launay at British Grove Studios in Chiswick, and was released on 3 March 2008. Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! is the fourteenth studio album by Australian rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
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