He also warned against transmitting "pain to others"
"You think that there is nothing more that can hurt you in this world, and then Anita dies"
The Australian singer co-wrote Bad Seeds hits 'From Her To Eternity' and 'Stranger Than Kindness'
The Bad Seeds' Jim Sclavunos also voices support for No Music On A Dead Planet for Turn Up The Volume Week
"The world still turns, ever perilous, but containing its many joys. Music remains a balm. Friendships endure. This letter is fractured. I am so excited to perform"
Cave and his Bad Seeds bandmate take an adventurous leap into the COVID era’s dark night of the soul
He confirmed he was working on the new record last month
"A radical change was occurring in my songwriting"
The spoken-word record will see Faithfull delivering her take on poets such as Byron, Tennyson and Keats
Cave has revealed that he's been working on the album in lockdown with Warren Ellis