LAETITIA SADIER OF STEREOLAB

By now we'd imagine that most of you know that Nick Cave's teenage son died tragically in the summer of 2015. Cave & THE BAD SEEDS were about halfway through with this album when that occurred so the record is obviously engulfed by that tragedy. The songs are sparse & fractured & sound more like improvised sketches at times with poetic, almost spoken vocal performances. You probably won't be surprised to hear that album has a pretty dark vibe but many of the songs are truly beautiful & ultimately somewhat sad considering everything. Tragedy can sometimes breed creations of great beauty & that's certainly the case with "The Skeleton Tree." HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION POSSIBLE.