CD Reviews: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Recorded by legendary audio mixer Bob Clearmountain on April 18, between two Coachella appearances by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, the group's fourth official live album features a stripped-down line-up performing some classic material (The Mercy Seat, Jack The Ripper) alongside four songs from latest album Push The Sky Away.

Captured at a live KCRW session in front of 180 people in Los Angeles, the songs are delivered effortlessly, the pared-back band's approach perhaps best exemplified by the rise and fall dynamic of Far From Me, from 1997 piano-based album The Boatman's Call.