Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds band photos

One of the highlights from their superb recent album, More News From Nowhere sees The Bad Seeds lay down a laidback rhythm’n’blues track for Nick Cave to unveil tales of exotic characters with plain names like Janet and Miss Polly.

The latter could be a reference to his ex, PJ Harvey, and the lyrics have a feeling of detached reminiscence; it’s a recounting of the past without regret or rancour, like Cave is in a place where these memories no longer have significance, like news from nowhere. Closing the book on the past has never sounded so good.