Saturday, October 02, 2010

Loverman



A truly terrifying, utterly bloodcurdling monster of a song, Nick Cave's 'Loverman' constitutes one of the more outstanding tracks from 1994's stellar 'Let Love In' album. Encapsulating all the key elements of Cave's Southern Gothic musical aesthetics, including scarily precise quiet-loud dynamics, grinding guitar riffs, cavernous percussion fills and doomy-sounding bells, 'Loverman' remains a bona fide classic in Cave's frighteningly extensive repertoire, and a powerful testament to the inherent power of no-holds-barred, unadulterated rock. Check out the atmospheric, ominous video clip, which skilfully intersperses ferocious, fire and brimstone-infused footage of Cave and his Bad Seeds cohorts in onstage action, with eerie black-and-white scenes of a combination charismatic healing service and warped scientific experiment, seemingly set during the Victorian age, and starring Cave and his men as the subjects of said experiment.