Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 08:37:01 -0500 
      From: liles melissa m (mmlile@FACSTAFF.WM.EDU) 
      Subject: Nick Cave and Kevin Bacon


While Nick Cave can't be connected to Kevin Bacon, he can be traced
to 4AD (grin)...And, as MURDER BALLADS qualifies as one of my top 10
for the year, I thought I'd pass on this press release posted to the
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds mailing list...


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      Date:          Wed, 18 Dec 1996 11:11:50 -0800
      Subject:       Mute Press Release

NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS

INTO MY ARMS

Release date : 27th January 1997


"And he who is in a state of rebellion cannot receive grace, for in life
as in art the mood of rebellion closes up the channels of the soul, and
shuts out the airs of heaven."
- Oscar Wilde, De Profundis.

"Into My Arms" is the latest single from Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds. It
is played with immaculate beauty by Cave on vocals and piano, and Martin
Casey on bass. This unembellished song of poignance and profundity, so
cunningly deceptive in its simplicity and effortless manner is surely
one of Cave's most beautiful songs.

"Into My Arms" retains his customary wit and succinct turn of phrase,
and does so with extraordinary guile. It is a song that blends the
spiritual with the sensual. He uses religious imagery to reflect the
glories of personal love to affirm religious belief. The inherent
comfort of the chorus - "Into My Arms, O Lord" - ever so naturally
embraces both lover and Lord.

Once again Cave proves that he won't be limited in his choices as an
artist, never allowing precedent, notoriety or commercial success to
inhibit him from the subjects of his choosing. Any expectations that he
may have reproduced the violence's of his previous work, Murder Ballads,
are instantly dispelled by the grace and humility of this song.

"Into My Arms" is song of devotion played with the serenity and
reverence of a hymn.

It is, in the end, simply, and purely, an ode to love, that most sublime
of sentiments.

"INTO MY ARMS" b/w "LITTLE EMPTY BOAT" and "RIGHT NOW I'M A-ROAMING."

B-sides, Extras or the other A-sides:

"LITTLE EMPTY BOAT": Accosted by leering temptation the hero of the
story musters up all his energies of denial and resistance. It features
the delectable retort, "I am the Resurrection, babe, and you're standin'
on my foot"!

"RIGHT NOW I'M A-ROAMING": A sage and charming tale about the safety and
sanctity of the home after the travails of life on the road. A lullaby
of the remorseful.