![]() On his website, Coyne wrote: “This version of ‘Girl in Amber’ is just lovely, 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,” he said. “Nell shows a remarkable understanding of the song, a sense of dispassion that is both beautiful and chilling. Coyne and the band produced the final tracks resulting in nine altogether.Įarlier this year, Smith and the band released their first music video – a theatrical cover of Cave’s “Girl in Amber” with director Alex Hanson. ![]() On his way to record with the band in Oklahoma in 2019, Coyne encouraged Smith to record vocal tracks of Cave songs and email them to him. The result is the new album, Where the Viaduct Looms, set to drop November 26. Not long afterward, Smith and the Lips joined forces specifically to record a batch of Cave covers. Coyne encouraged her to learn the guitar and write her own songs. Through her father, Coyne and Smith maintained a long-distance friendship. Three years ago, the story goes, Lips’ frontman Wayne Coyne noticed Smith (then 11 years old) at a show in Calgary and sang a David Bowie cover to her and Smith sang right along with Coyne. Growing up in Canada, Smith regularly attended Lips’ concerts always wearing a parrot costume. It’s such a fresh and personal take on Cave’s classic from the perspective of a young teen girl and thanks to the impeccable recording and production skills of the Lips. It’s no wonder that the band wanted to record with her.Īdditionally, to take on such a classic track is ballsy enough for any vocalist. ![]() ![]() Smith’s vocals are deeply touching and beyond her years as far as maturity. The way Smith commands this spectacular cover of Nick Cave‘s “Ship Song” is so impressive and powerful for ‘a kid’ that it’s a rare thing to experience. This amazingly talented teenager could just be a future sensation in the making. When we first watched this new music video featuring 14-year-old Nell Smith fronting The Flaming Lips, we were blown away. ![]()
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