ep // iTunes Live: London Sessions EP
I had the inevitable, common issues with buying
this from iTunes – in this case, specifically the tiny sleeve image
and an almost complete lack of recording / personnel information,
which Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds releases usually
embrace. Listening to it away from my PC, I presumed it had been
recorded sometime in 2008, but it wasn't evident whether Mick
Harvey was performing with them or not. As to where in
London this was recorded, I had no idea. As it happens, most of
this is available on the iTunes store page (it was recorded at AIR
Studios), but I stuck this in my Basket – sorry, Wish List – yonks
ago and I'm hardly going to listen to it in front of my computer
(I just don't, okay?).
Then there's something that happens occasionally
with iTunes: the songs were misnamed. 'Moonland' is actually 'Lie
Down Here (And Be My Girl)' and 'Lie Down Here (And Be My Girl)'
is of course 'Moonland'. How difficult can it really be?
Gripes aside, these five tracks are essential purchases
in the apparent absence of any other official audio evidence from
the Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! tour. 'Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!' is
more murky and dirge-like than any of the performances I've heard,
and 'More News From Nowhere' (presented here in disappointingly
abridged form) – still my favourite on the album – Is significantly
more muscular and bass-heavy than on record. 'Lie Down Here (And
Be My Girl)', a song on the album I never really enjoyed that much,
seems to make more sense in a live setting, while 'Midnight Man'
is the most urgent, old-school Cave song of the bunch.
i:
1. Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
2. Lie Down Here (And Be My Girl) (named as 'Moonland')
3. Midnight Man
4. Moonland (named as 'Lie Down Here (And Be My Girl)')
5. More News From Nowhere
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