Ghosteen

Ghosteen is a 2019 album by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds that moves away from the band’s rockier work toward ambient and electronic textures, with piano, synth pads and Warren Ellis’s bowed strings creating a hushed, ethereal backdrop. The songs are often meditative and restrained, with lyrics that address grief, loss and spiritual searching delivered in spare arrangements. The record blends elements of alternative rock, ambient and new age moodiness to produce a contemplative, cinematic atmosphere.