Seeds of Discontent: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Kilburn National Ballroom, London
Roy Wilkinson, Sounds, 23 July 1988
FROM THE TOP of his lank, greased-back hair to the bottom of his Old Testament soul, old Nick is Bible black. To invoke such well-known imagery as that Dylan Thomas nugget is entirely appropriate here, because there's a reassuring familiarity about the way Cave's career has developed.
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