![]() It was a really steep learning curve but Wayne was so encouraging when I was struggling with a few of the songs that I kept going. 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. The first track they recorded was a cover of Girl In Amber, the video of which Nell shared late last year. Coyne chose 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. Their creative relationship began to flourish when she started to write her own songs. A musical bond formed, with Coyne staying in contact with Nell and her father Jude as she learned to play guitar. Coyne noticed 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. 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, moved to Canada and met Wayne Coyne at the age of 12 at The Flaming Lips’ show at the 2018 Sled Island Festival in Calgary. Listen to our recent podcast interview with The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne, along with our bonus episode which features more from the interview.T HE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “ Nell & The Flaming Lips’ Where the Viaduct Looms features nine Nick Cave covers with vocals and instrumentation by 14-year-old Nell Smith and instrumentation and production by The Flaming Lips. Back in June, the band released The Soft Bulletin Companion on vinyl for the first time for Record Store Day. The Flaming Lips’ most recent studio album, American Head, came out last year via Warner, and was featured on our Top 100 Albums of 2020 list. Nell shows a remarkable understanding of the song, a sense of dispassion that is both beautiful and chilling. I always found it difficult to step away from this particular song and sing it with its necessary remove, just got so twisted up in the words, I guess. I was going to say Nell Smith inhabits the song, but that’s wrong, rather she vacates the song, in a way that I could never do. Late last year, they recorded a cover of Cave’s “Girl in Amber.” Awe-struck by the cover, Cave took to his website The Red Hand Files to write: “This version of ‘Girl in Amber’ is just lovely. It was cool to listen and learn about Nick Cave and pick the songs we wanted to record.” I hadn’t heard of Nick Cave, but Wayne suggested that we should start with an album of his cover versions, and then look at recording some of my own songs later. It was a really steep learning curve, but Wayne was so encouraging when I was struggling with a few of the songs that I kept going. Smith states: “I still can’t really believe it. He suggested doing Nick Cave covers, as Smith wasn’t familiar with Cave and wouldn’t have any preconceived notions on how to perform his songs. Initially planning to record with the band in Oklahoma in early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic put those plans to a halt, with Coyne ultimately deciding that they should collaborate remotely. In a press release, Coyne states: “It’s always great to meet excited, young creative people. ![]() Smith first met frontman Wayne Coyne at a Flaming Lips concert in 2018, and the two stayed in touch as she began to learn guitar and write songs. ![]() View it below, along with the album’s tracklist and cover art. A video for a cover of Cave’s 1990 “The Ship Song” has also just been shared. It will be out on November 26 via Bella Union. The Flaming Lips have announced the release of a Nick Cave covers album, Where the Viaduct Looms, which will feature vocals from 14-year-old singer Nell Smith.
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