Nick Cave and Warren Ellis have made a new album called CARNAGE

Last month Cave revealed via his Q+A site that it was "time to make a record" after his 2021 tour dates were cancelled.

During his latest response on The Red Hand Files, Cave has confirmed that he's already recorded a new album with The Bad Seeds' Warren Ellis, and it's called CARNAGE.

Cave revealed the news while replying to Tobias from London, who asked, "How is your lockdown?". Cave wrote, "In many ways lockdown has felt weirdly familiar, like I’ve experienced it before. I guess this should come as no surprise as I was a heroin addict for many years and self-isolating and social distancing were the name of the game. I am also well acquainted with the mechanics of grief — collective grief works in an eerily similar way to personal grief, with its dark confusion, deep uncertainty and loss of control."

He also added that he has been "doing okay" despite the "devastation and anguish caused by the pandemic", and went on to explain that he's "surprised" at "how hard not being able to play live has felt". Cave continued, "I have come to the conclusion that I am essentially a thing that tours. There is a terrible yearning and a feeling of a life being half-lived. I miss the thrill of stepping onto the stage, the rush of the performance, where all other concerns dissolve into a pure animal interrelation with my audience. I miss the complete surrender to the moment, the loss of self, the physicalness of it all, the feeding frenzy of communal love, the religion, the glorious exchange of bodily fluids — and The Bad Seeds themselves, of course, in all their reckless splendour, how I miss them. As much as sitting behind my desk can bring me a lot of joy, and the imagination can be a stimulating, even dangerous place, I long for the wanton abandon of the live performance."

Before signing off, Cave announced the title of his next album, "Anyway, as promised in my last issue, I did go into the studio - with Warren - to make a record. It’s called CARNAGE. Love, Nick."

CARNAGE will follow Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds' 2019 album Ghosteen. Last year Cave released his Idiot Prayer live album and film, which saw him perform at an empty Alexandra Palace during lockdown last summer.