Alerted to the cover by a fan, Nick Cave took to his website, The Red Hand Files, to write: “This version of ‘Girl in Amber’ is just lovely, I was going to say Nell Smith inhabits the song, but that’s wrong, rather she vacates the song, in a way that I could never do,” said Cave. In a pleasing addition to the tale, the great man himself has given his seal of approval to the collaboration. I'm super happy to be working with Bella Union and really looking forward to everyone hearing the album." Nells goes on to say: “I’m so excited to see this turn into a real record release. It was cool to listen and learn about Nick Cave and pick the songs we wanted to record.” I hadn’t heard of Nick Cave but Wayne suggested that we should start with an album of his cover versions, and then look at recording some of my own songs later. It was a really steep learning curve but Wayne was so encouraging when I was struggling with a few of the songs that I kept going. When asked about the experience, Nell comments: “I still can’t really believe it. It was a great way to connect with her and help harness her cool attitude to making music.” With Nell we could see she is on a journey and thought it would be fun to join her for a while and see if we could get things going. Speaking about the collaboration, Coyne comments: “It’s always great to meet excited, young creative people. Coyne chose Nick Cave because Nell didn't know him and wouldn’t have preconceived notions as to how to sing the songs. When a planned trip to record with the band in Oklahoma had to be cancelled due to covid, Coyne suggested Nell record some Nick Cave songs and email them to Oklahoma to be backed by the band. Coyne soon began to notice the kid in the parrot suit and sang a David Bowie cover directly to her at the show in Calgary, with Nell singing every word back.Ī musical bond formed with Coyne staying in contact with Nell and her father Jude as she learned to play guitar, while their creative relationship began to flourish when she started to write her own songs. Nell had already attended several Lips shows and was a regular at the front of the stage, dressed in a parrot costume and screaming out the band’s songs. This inspiring and heartwarming story begins when Smith, originally from Leeds (UK), moved to Canada and first met Wayne Coyne at the age of 12 at The Flaming Lips’ headline show at the Sled Island Festival, Calgary, in 2018 with her family. Nell & The Flaming Lips have previously shared videos for "Girl In Amber", "The Ship Song", "No More Shall We Part", and "Red Right Hand". The album was mastered by Dave Fridmann at Tarbox Road Studios. Where the Viaduct Looms comprises nine Nick Cave cover versions with vocals and instrumentation by Nell Smith and instrumentation and production by The Flaming Lips. With videography by Blake Studdard of Atria Creative. The video was shot late at night in Oklahoma City, driving about in Wayne’s car in the winter of 2022, right after watching a Lips rehearsal and the day before travelling to Nashville for the New Year's Eve Cavern shows. To accompany the announcement, Nell & The Flaming Lips have shared a video for the classic “Into My Arms”, one of the standout tracks on the album. A year later, the album is, at last, coming out on vinyl on December 16, 2022, via Bella Union. In December 2022, Nell & The Flaming Lips digitally released Where the Viaduct Looms, an album of Nick Cave covers, to much acclaim.
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