“Dear Joe, You can expect a new album next week. It is called Ghosteen. It is a double album. Part 1 comprises of eight songs. The Spinning Song, Bright Horses, Waiting For You, Night Raid, Sun Forest, Galleon Ship, Ghosteen Speaks, Leviathan. Part 2 consists of two long songs, linked by a spoken word piece. Ghosteen, Fireflies, Hollywood. The songs on the first album are the children. The songs on the second album are their parents. Ghosteeen is a migration spirit. Love, Nick.”

E foi assim, de forma pessoal e altamente transmissível que Nick Cave deu a boa nova a um fã que lhe tinha colocado a pergunta presente no nosso título. Em formato duplo e de cariz profundamente espiritual, Ghosteen marca o regresso de Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds aos discos três anos depois de terem dado ao mundo o aclamado Skeleton Tree.

Enquanto se espera uma semana, fiquem com a memória de “Skeleton Tree”: