“I think it’s unbearably beautiful”
Dylan recently attended a Bad Seeds show in Paris and said he was "really struck by that song 'Joy'"
"I was thinking to myself, 'yeah that’s about right'"
Check out the haunting new single as frontman James McGovern tells NME about humanity’s blind spots, the “distorted patriotism” emerging around the world, their feelings on "Irishness" and how Nick Cave reacted to their new stuff
Other shortlisted artists include Amyl and The Sniffers and Hiatus Kaiyote, who were selected from a list of 600 albums released this year
See more from what went down at the Bad Seeds' emotional O2 show here
Also on the line-up are The Go-Gos, Devo, Madness, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, ‘Til Tuesday, Alison Moyet and more
The bassist tells NME about his years taking photos of Radiohead onstage, backstage and in the studio for his new book 'How To Disappear'
The band worked with Smith on an album of Nick Cave covers in 2021
She released a Nick Cave covers album with The Flaming Lips in 2021, and was working on her debut album for 2025