As the Seventies drew to a close and the media declared punk dead and buried
shot through with the innocence and wonder of a 'percussionist' whose true role is that of the band's 'spirit animal'
'A container sized treasure trove
and strikingly personal portraits of creative artists
and the stories and memories they evoke for him in his accompanying text
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' Murder Ballads radiohead As the Seventies drew toIn a bar called The Bucket of Blood, a man shoots the bartender four times in the head. In the small town of Millhaven, a teenage girl secretly and gleefully murders her neighbors. A serial killer travels from home to home, quoting John Milton in his victims' blood. Murder Ballads, the ninth studio album from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, is a gruesome, blood splattered reimagining of English ballads, American folk and blues music, and classic