Tom Hersey, Journalist

Down IV Part I: The Purple EP sounds like five veteran head-bangers having a good time with the music they do better than anybody else around today.

Though this will undoubtedly incense their detractors, it makes for a pretty bloody good record.

Despite being a renaissance man who’s spent the last two decades ‘dabbling’ in all manner of creative expression, Nick Cave can still do things that make you think, ‘Holy shit! How is one dude involved in all these amazing projects?’