Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds are preparing to release their B-Sides & Rarities Part II, and they've shared a lyric video for the track "Earthlings."
The song is a hymnal ballad full of sustained organ chords and Cave's fragile croon. In the final passage, the minimal arrangement is fleshed out with choral-style vocal harmonies, which add to the reverent and church-y tone. "Earthlings" comes from the Ghosteen sessions, and it sounds perfectly in line with that album's mournful tone.
The accompanying lyric video doesn't add much visual excitement, but it does clarify that they are singing "oombaya."
B-Sides & Rarities Part II is out on October 1. The band previously shared the song "Vortex."
The song is a hymnal ballad full of sustained organ chords and Cave's fragile croon. In the final passage, the minimal arrangement is fleshed out with choral-style vocal harmonies, which add to the reverent and church-y tone. "Earthlings" comes from the Ghosteen sessions, and it sounds perfectly in line with that album's mournful tone.
The accompanying lyric video doesn't add much visual excitement, but it does clarify that they are singing "oombaya."
B-Sides & Rarities Part II is out on October 1. The band previously shared the song "Vortex."