Nick Cave to record 'like they used to do it'

Billboard is
reporting that Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds will be releasing an album yearly
for the next three years. Their upcoming "Nocturama" is being released
by Anti-/Epitaph
in February. Cave told Billboard "We were sick of having to wait, ya know,
three years (on a major label)... Ya know, you record the record, then there's
this massive amount of promotion you have to do, and a fucking tour ... ya know,
the whole cycle is so long."
Each of the three records will, like "Nocturama," only be recorded
in a weeks time. Cave expressed admiration of that style of recording and said his
plan is to "do it like they used to do it. In the old days, ya know, they
used to do two a year, some of those people, and they were great records. [Bob]
Dylan is a great example. 'John Wesley Harding' was recorded in two hours -- and
mixed; we haven't got quite to that point, but to me it's amazing. And Van
Morrison's 'Astral Weeks' took two days, and there's a beautiful and important
record." Anti has only optioned the
first of the three releases but is hoping to release the others.