Nick Cave's new album out next week - with "children" and "parents" songs

In a surprise announcement, Nick Cave said that the Bad Seeds‘ new album ‘Ghosteen’ will be arriving next week. Answering fan's question on his Red Hand Files blog, Cave said it is a double album, with part 1 comprised of eight songs, and part 2 consisted of two long songs, linked by a spoken word piece. The songs on the first album are the children, the songs on the second album are their parents, and the album itself is a migrating spirit, Cave added.