Monty Don is a big Nick Cave fan and cried at ‘Ghosteen’

nme.com:

Nick Cave in a new interview, and revealed his emotional response to the ‘Ghosteen’ album.The BBC Gardeners’ World presenter and TV garden writer took part in a new interview with The Times, and shared his admiration for the singer-songwriter’s 2019 album.The record came as his 17th album with The Bad Seeds, and marked the follow-up to acclaimed 2016 LP ‘Skeleton Tree.

In it, Cave puts forward some of his most emotionally vulnerable and melancholic material and tackles themes of loss, existentialism, faith and death.At the time of its release, it was described by NME as “the most devastatingly accurate accounts of grief that you’ll ever listen to” in a glowing five-star review.Now, Monty Don has shared his fondness for the record too, and said it is one that he finds particularly moving.

When asked by the outlet what was the last music that made him cry, he responded: “‘Ghosteen’ by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.