When asked about the experience, Nell comments: “ I still can’t really believe it. It was a great way to connect with her and help harness her cool attitude to making music.” With Nell we could see she is on a journey and thought it would be fun to join her for a while and see if we could get things going. Speaking about the collaboration, Coyne comments: “ It’s always great to meet excited, young creative people.
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Coyne chose Nick Cave because Nell didn’t know him and wouldn’t have preconceived notions as to how to sing the songs. When a planned trip to record with the band in Oklahoma had to be cancelled due to covid Coyne suggested Nell record some Nick Cave songs and email them to Oklahoma to be backed by the band. Coyne soon began to notice the kid in the parrot suit and sang a David Bowie cover directly to her at the show in Calgary, with Nell singing every word back.Ī musical bond formed with Coyne staying in contact with Nell and her father Jude as she learned to play guitar, while their creative relationship began to flourish when she started to write her own songs. Nell had already attended several Lips shows and was a regular at the front of the stage, dressed in a parrot costume and screaming out the band’s songs. This inspiring and heartwarming story begin when Smith, originally from Leeds (UK), moved to Canada and first met Wayne Coyne at the age of 12 at The Flaming Lips’ headline show at the Sled Island Festival, Calgary, in 2018 with her family. Nell and the Lips have previously shared videos for ‘Girl In Amber’, ‘The Ship Song’ and ‘No More Shall We Part’. The album was mastered by Dave Fridmann at Tarbox Road Studios. Where the Viaduct Looms comprises nine Nick Cave cover versions with vocals and instrumentation by 14-year-old Nell Smith and instrumentation and production by The Flaming Lips. It’s maybe a broken family with the dad and son struggling. The mountain top scenes were accessed via snowmobile, deep into avalanche territory. We had to get kitted out with safety gear. “The video for his song needed to show some people going through some stuff, and my part is a girl on a journey kind of observing.
Nell’s effortless vocals glide atop acoustic guitar contributed by Nev Cottee and is a brilliant rendition of the Nick Cave original. “The Weeping Song” video is a breath-taking cut, shot in the stunning snow-capped mountains of Nell Smith’s home town, Fernie, BC. Nell’s expressive vocal range hooks the audience, as it delivers this broad range of affection into the stirring composition. Smith joins the line of The Flaming Lips’ more interesting collaborations, including most recently with Kacey Musgraves offering backing vocals on American Head track “God and the Policeman,” and Coyne co-writing Miley Cyrus’s fifth album Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz in 2015.A video to showcase the enthralling energy of this track, a hypnotic film to reflect the hypnotic nature of this cover.
It was a great way to connect with her and help harness her cool attitude to making music.”įollowing the band’s 2020 release American Head, Where The Viaduct Looms-a line pulled from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ 1994 track “Red Right Hand”-was recorded remotely during the pandemic and features covers of the artist’s songs throughout the past 30 years. “With Nell, we could see she is on a journey and thought it would be fun to join her for a while and see if we could get things going. “It is always great to meet excited, young creative people,” said Wayne. Nell Smith, who has been attending Flaming Lips shows with her father for the past three years, was invited to come on board the new Lips project by frontman Wayne Coyne. 25, and enlisted a 13-year-old fan as a guest vocalist on tracks, including their rendition of Bad Seeds’ “Girl in Amber.” The Flaming Lips have recorded a Nick Cave covers album, Where The Viaduct Looms, out Oc.
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