33 1/3 - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads D.A.P. wounded intelligence that gives this

wounded intelligence that gives this album its staying power as a work of art

Yet he had already produced some of the finest examples of French verse

Drawings by Jared Power

and an excellent introduction to the fictional world of Charles Bukowski

reed rhizome and Syrian rue potions in hand

33 1/3 - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads D.A.P. wounded intelligence that gives thisIn a bar called The Bucket of Blood, a man shoots the bartender four times in the head. In the small town of Millhaven, a teenage girl secretly and gleefully murders her neighbors. A serial killer travels from home to home, quoting John Milton in his victims' blood. Murder Ballads, the ninth studio album from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, is a gruesome, blood splattered reimagining of English ballads, American folk and blues music, and classic