Crazy's 2024 new release purchases

[CRAZY-HORSE]

NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS  "wild god"

release date:  30th August 2024

chart stats:  AU #2,  UK #5,  US #66

format owned:  vinyl and compact disk

their eighteenth studio album, i own all eighteen
musically more uplifting than his previous couple of albums 
opening track is joyously infectious both musically and lyricaly, a change for a Cave album
second track not so much.
after that it is in to familiar territory, he is obviously (and understandably) still grieving his two sons' deaths over the last few years 
album seems more accessible that a lot of his material "(is that a good thing though?)
a good album but there are cracks in the arsenal with two i do not like, but the positive is that i still love half of the album
the closing track is a mere 2 minutes long which is extremely short for a Nick Cave track but it works beautifully to close it IMO and would be fitting to be the 'last track on the last side of the last album' 
not sure whether this album will gain more traction for me over time but does it really need to?
I LIKE THIS ALBUM

fave:





tracks:

1:   song of the lake  ***
2:   wild god  ***
3:   frogs  **
4:   joy  *
5:   final rescue attempt  *
6:   conversion  **
7:   cinnamon horses  **
8:   long dark night  ***
9:   o wow, o wow (how wonderful she is)  ***
10: as the waters cover the sea  ***

3s -  5
2s -  3
1s -  2

rating:  2.31