A conjurer of darkness, a visionary who gazes into the abyss and transforms it into something achingly beautiful. Since the 70s, Nick Cave has given voice to our most primal fears and desires, his deep, baritone voice carrying the weight of human longing and heartbreak… all with a twisted sense of humour, and a singular sense of dress.
With his tall stature, lithe frame and dark hair, he emerged as a figure both thrilling and terrifying, at once a misfit and a visionary, articulating romantic devastation, grief, and depraved desire through the chaotic lens of post-punk. And yet, even in the midst of this ferocity, his work has always been tinged with something tender, something that shimmers in the blackness. Beneath it all, a sense of redemption. A flicker of…