I’ll skip my usual griping about Commercial Radio Stations only playing 40 songs 20 of which should have been dropped from the play list two months after they were first played in late 70s. There are so many other artists, completely and utterly suitable for radio play that should be given some airtime.

I will also skip my usual griping about Community Radio Stations that play ridiculous amount and variety of all kinds of excellent (and not so excellent) music but only during the time I can’t listen (between 10AM and 4PM on weekdays and after 2AM at night).

I should have heard Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds in high school. If this music had been played on radio, I never would have stopped listening to CHOM. But this was not the case and it took me this long to actually hear this band.

We bought two CDs, Henry’s Dream and The Boatman’s call. Henry’s Dream is solid and haunting. We were listening to it while driving through desert at night in Southern California and it was the perfect atmosphere. Each song is like a small horror film. I can’t decide which of the two CDs I like better. Boatman’s Call is more romantic or post-romantic if you whish. Again the moods are set and executed perfectly. My only gripes about the Boatman?s Call are the last few songs. The album disintegrates into drunken rambling. It sounds like the recording technician accidentally left the mike on after the last call and no one wanted to go home yet.

Here is the band’s web page. Also, I thought these reviews were quite good.