You’re also surprised by the familiar bent to reflect new light. You recognise the original, you understand the intention. It should present favourites twisted to suit their new shape. Since its release on Let Love In back in 1994. The Black Keys and Nathaniel Rateliff Pay Homage to Richard Swift at. The smart thing about Nell and the Flaming Lips’ cover of Red Right Hand is the way two generations of artists aren’t out to top a giant. These are wise selections – some of Cave’s very best work, in terms of human-connection songs – but they are totally new. Nell & The Flaming Lips have announced the release of their new. Sometimes elegiac (Weeping Song), sometimes so beautifully small (The Ship Song), sometimes nearly transmogrifying (Red Right Hand) and always just different enough (Into My Arms). Where The Bad Seeds are almost not there – We Know Who You Are – The Flaming Lips are forever present.īut if you’ve tired of Cave’s voice, or pretension, you have a new in. Where Cave is at his most cloying – No More Shall We Part – Nell is absolutely charming. But most of all, it is about the insight of a teenager – dispassionately crooning songs that were inspired by the death of Cave’s teenage son (Girl In Amber) or going in super-deep on a tune that appeared in a Harry Potter flick (O Children). Red Right Hand by Nell Smith & The Flaming Lips was written by Nick Cave, Mick Harvey and Thomas Wydler and was first released by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. So here I am – digging Where The Viaduct Looms for many reasons. I go in and out with the Flaming Lips too – but only because their willful weirdness is just sometimes distracting. I go in and out with Cave, pardon any pun. And it’s a backstory that should sell albums/ahem – encourage multiple streams… Coyne telling her that if she wants to write songs she should check out Nick Cave. But, surprisingly, it is the result of this chance collaboration. All as weird and wonderful as you might expect then, right? Where The Viaduct Looms is, unsurprisingly, Nell’s debut album. If you like Nell and the Flaming Lips, you may also like: UNTITLED (Black Is) by SAULT. And a friendship developed, all through the conduit of Smith’s father. Red Right Hand by Nell and the Flaming Lips, released 26 November 2021. Wayne Coyne once serenaded her with a Bowie classic. It came about because, as a 10 year old girl, Nell Smith would stand in the front row at Lips shows, dressed as a parrot. Performed by The Flaming Lips & Nell Smith Originally by Nick Cave On the album Where the Viaduct Looms Released in 2021. It was cool to listen and learn about Nick Cave and pick the songs we wanted to record.A 14 year old has recorded a set of Nick Cave covers with the Flaming Lips. I hadn’t heard of Nick Cave but Wayne suggested that we should start with an album of his cover versions, and then look at recording some of my own songs later. It was a really steep learning curve but Wayne was so encouraging when I was struggling with a few of the songs that I kept going.

Smith added, “I still can’t really believe it. It was a great way to connect with her and help harness her cool attitude to making music.” “With Nell we could see she is on a journey and thought it would be fun to join her for a while and see if we could get things going. The magical journey of The Flaming Lips continues on this new collaboration with young music-maker Nell, who caught lead singer Wayne Coynes attention at a Lips show. “It’s always great to meet excited, young creative people,” the Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne said in a statement. The album was mastered by Dave Fridmann at Tarbox Road Studios. - The magical journey of The Flaming Lips continues on this new collaboration with young music-maker Nell, who caught lead singer Wayne Coynes.

It’s comprised of nine Cave cover versions with vocals and instrumentation by 14-year-old Nell Smith and instrumentation and production by the Flaming Lips. The song, off their recent Cave tribute album.

Where The Viaduct Looms Cassettes North & South America. By Emily Zemler Nell and the Flaming Lips appeared on The Late Show for a joint performance of their collaborative Nick Cave cover Red Right Hand. The musicians released Where the Viaduct Looms in November. Nell & The Flaming Lips Red Right Hand Live on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Nell and the Flaming Lips appeared on The Late Show for a joint performance of their collaborative Nick Cave cover “Red Right Hand.” The song, off their recent Cave tribute album Where the Viaduct Looms, took on a psychedelic vibe in the clip. Red Right Hand: Nell Smith & The Flaming Lips: November 26, 2021: Red Right Hand written by Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Thomas Wydler instrumental.

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