This is beautiful, moving music, a waltz that dances for a serene five minutes without building or dropping. Maanyung uses vocal vibrato in a truly affecting way, from the subtle wavering that cracks in the opening first lines, to a strong and rich second verse where it skims across the note like a stone on a still pond. Maanyung (Michael Laurie) has one of these special voices, which he slides over a slowly swaying tune provided by longtime Tex Perkins collaborator Dr Murray Paterson, who appears here under his musical guise, Headland. The human voice is a remarkable instrument, able to express so much sorrow and depth without the complications of language. Headland feat Maanyung – Nguuraįor fans of: Bright Eyes, Damien Rice, Karen Dalton Or check out Ghosteen for greater context to this song.
We’re lucky it has finally found its place in the world.įor more: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: B-Sides & Rarities Part II is out 22 October. “A lovely song that just got away,” Cave adds, and it’s certainly that too. Upon release, Cave called Earthlings “the missing link that binds Ghosteen together”, and it certainly carries the same weighty grief as that album. “I think they’re singing to be free,” he adds later. “I thought these songs would one day set me free,” Cave bemoans as if writing them was therapy enough. Earthlings opens with funereal keys and ends with a solemn Kumbaya chant.
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds released the mammoth 56-song B-Sides and Rarities collection in 2005, and given Cave’s flurry of activity in the 16 years since, it was about time for a new vault-digging exercise. I’m a big believer that the measure of an artist isn’t their finest opus, it’s all the ill-fitting, madly conceived, shoulda-coulda-woulda-been-hits that turn up on their B-sides collections. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Earthlingsįor fans of: Will Oldham, Johnny Cash’s American Recordings, Rachael Yamagata Vika and Linda in perfect vocal harmony can be one of the most joyous sounds in Australian music, but when affixed to a heartbreaking tune such as this, they can also cause you to feel that ache of missing someone, and not knowing what else to do but write about it, sing about it or howl at the moon.įor more: The Wait is out now. New album The Wait features songwriting contributions from the cream of Australia, as that first one did, including this gem by Cold Chisel craftsman Don Walker, whose candlelight lament is transposed into a soul stirrer, anchored by a whiskey-stained piano. Over the last 15 months, the Bull sisters have landed three albums in the top two of the Aria charts, which is all the more remarkable considering they last entered the top 10 in 1994, with their eponymous debut.
For fans of: the Black Sorrows, Paul Kelly, the SeaChange soundtrack
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