Nick Cave's Avalanche in the pirate drama Black Sails

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Nick Cave's Avalanche in the pirate drama Black Sails

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From Her to Eternity, the first album Nick Cave released with his long-running group the Bad Seeds all the way back in 1984, was a fascinating collision of classic pop crooning and industrial noise, with a gothic mood set by the opening cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Avalanche” that transformed the pensive acoustic ballad into a ghoulish ode to self-annihilation. Recently Cave revisited the song, recording a new version for Starz’s pirate drama Black Sails that takes a whole new approach, with a spare piano-and-strings arrangement, Cave’s finely aged vocals, and a melancholic air.

The new version of “Avalanche” will appear in trailers for Black Sails and at the end of this season’s ninth episode.
Watch the trailer here: http://music-mix.ew.com/2015/01/09/hear ... exclusive/ (the 2nd video on the page)

Thanks to Dany Hilven for the info!
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