Where The Viaduct Looms - 2022 UK Bella Union Label Coloured Vinyl 9-track LP

Where the Viaduct Looms comprises nine Nick Cave cover versions with vocals and instrumentation by 14-year-old Nell
Smith and instrumentation and production by The Flaming Lips. The album was mastered by Dave Fridmann at Tarbox Road
Studios.

This inspiring and heartwarming story begin when Smith, originally from Leeds (UK), moved to Canada and first met Wayne
Coyne at the age of 12 at The Flaming Lips’ headline show at the Sled Island Festival, Calgary, in 2018 with her family.
Nell had already attended several Lips shows and was a regular at the front of the stage, dressed in a parrot costume and
screaming out the band’s songs. Coyne soon began to notice the kid in the parrot suit and sang a David Bowie cover directly
to her at the show in Calgary, with Nell singing every word back.
A musical bond formed with Coyne staying in contact with Nell and her father Jude as she learned to play guitar, while their
creative relationship began to flourish when she started to write her own songs.
When a planned trip to record with the band in Oklahoma had to be cancelled due to covid Coyne suggested Nell record
some Nick Cave songs and email them to Oklahoma to be backed by the band. Coyne chose Nick Cave because Nell didn’t
know him and wouldn’t have preconceived notions as to how to sing the songs.

Tracklisting.

1.Girl In Amber
2.Weeping Song
3.Into My Arms
4.O Children
5.The Kindness Of Strangers
6.No More Shall We Part
7.Red Right Hand
8.The Ship Song
9.We Know Who You Are