The Sick Bag Song, the new book from Nick Cave, was inspired by the Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds North American tour in 2014.
The book began life as notes scribbled on airline sick bags during the 22-city journey and grew into a full-length epic poem, in which the iconoclastic Australian seeks out “the roots of inspiration, love and meaning.”
The writings, he says, elaborate his “carrion songs … that deal exclusively in darkness, obfuscation, concealment and secrecy”.
The Sick Bag Song is available to pre-order, in two collectable editions – Unlimited and Limited, at thesickbagsong.com.
The Unlimited Edition - to be published on April 8 - features the boxed hardback edition of The Sick Bag Song, an audio download of Nick Cave reading the entire book and the eBook.
The Limited Edition - limited to 220, to be published in June - includes a sick bag signed and personally customised by Nick Cave with notes, doodles and musings, a signed and numbered special edition of The Sick Bag Song book, a limited pressing of Nick Cave reading the book on a white vinyl double LP. Purchasers of the limited edition will also receive a copy of the Unlimited edition.
Three exclusive events will mark the launch of The Sick Bag Song in LA on April 8, New York on April 10 and London on April 16. Tickets on sale at thesickbagsong.com
