I studied printmaking in college and promptly got a job doing hand screen printed greeting cards. I started on the company's second shift and for a few years led the life of a nocturnal sad indie dude. The entire staff at the print shop were a weird bunch but the night shift were an especially motley crew. Filthy crusty goths, war obsessed model builders, aspiring punk rock drummers and sad indie rock dudes. The night shift manager was a kind ginger who took me under his somewhat alcoholic wing and we became fast friends. He loved #nickcaveandthebadseeds . I quickly joined him in his adoration of the cinematic musicianship and the dark gothic-noir narratives of the band. Sprawling songs of love, unrequited love, revenge, drinking and murder.
"Let love in" was the first piece of his discography I acquired, it got alot of air time in the print room. It's dark romanticism suited me well as I was still reeling from a soul crushing (but with hindsight deserved) breakup. This collection of songs had a delicious sense of malicious irony concerning the title. If you're of this disposition then this is a great breakup album, might even be the best (as a sad indie dude I had been wallowing in Husker Du's "candy apple grey" up to this point). The entire discography is worth checking out, I've grown to really enjoy the early post-punk/post-goth early stuff but I believe this is the most accessible and consistent entry point to the catalog.
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