Having lacerated eardrums nd blown minds with the dirty magnificence of last year’s Grinderman project, Nick Cave has regrouped with his Bad Seeds for their 14th studio album Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! A guitar-driven, strident affair, it possesses more unfettered verve and wit than anything else you’re likely to hear this year. Bizarre had an audience with Cave in a gentlemen’s club in Hove, where the staid surroundings were in contrast to the openly ebullient, Australian-born, Brighton-based songwriter.

Has your approach to the writing process changed over the years?
Yeah. I find it difficult to write a decent song on the piano these days – well, something that doesn’t sound like a song I’ve already written.