![]() 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. The first track they recorded was a cover of “Girl In Amber”, the video of which Nell shared late last year - Watch BELOW: 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 begin 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. To mark the occasion Nell and the Lips have shared a video of their beguiling cover of “The Ship Song” - Watch BELOW: ![]() The album was mastered by Dave Fridmann at Tarbox Road Studios. The LP comprises nine Nick Cave cover versions with vocals and instrumentation by 14-year-old Nell Smith and instrumentation and production by The Flaming Lips. Get backstage sneak peeks, exclusive content and access to Clash Live events and a true view into our world as the fun and games unfold.Today, Nell & The Flaming Lips announce the release of Where the Viaduct Looms, out 26th November via Bella Union. ![]() Follow Clash Magazine as we skip merrily between clubs, concerts, interviews and photo shoots. Join us on the ad-free creative social network Vero, as we get under the skin of global cultural happenings. 'Will You Return / When You Come Down' will feature on their highly-anticipated new album 'American Head', which is comprised of thirteen tracks and lands on September 11th a fundamentally open-ended project, inviting you to make something of it, to tether it in time and space before letting it fully unfurl. So, for the first time in our musical life we began to think of ourselves as ‘AN AMERICAN BAND’… telling ourselves that it would be our identity for our next creative adventure." “Even though The Flaming Lips are from Oklahoma we never thought of ourselves as an AMERICAN band… for most of our musical life we’ve kind of thought of ourselves as coming from ‘Earth’… not really caring WHERE we were actually from. When talking about the album, Wayne Coyne explains: Shot in their home state of Oklahoma and directed by Wayne Coyne and George Salisbury, this introspective piece plays with the complexity of both identity and belonging.
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