‘The songs on the first album are the children. The songs on the second album are their parents. Ghosteen is a migrating spirit.‘ – Nick CaveThe album was recorded in 2018 and early 2019 at Woodshed in Malibu, Nightbird in Los Angeles, Retreat in Brighton and Candybomber in Berlin. It was mixed by Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Lance Powell and Andrew Dominik at Conway in Los Angeles.

• Nick Cave - vocals, piano, synthesizer, backing vocal
• Warren Ellis - synthesizer, loops, flute, violin, piano, backing vocals
• Thomas Wydler - drums
• Martyn Casey - bass
• Jim Sclavunos - vibraphone, percussion
• George Vjestica - guitar

Ghosteen is the seventeenth studio album from Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, following 2016’s Skeleton Tree, and will be released via Ghosteen Ltd / AWAL