Modern renaissance man Nick Cave is one of the world’s most eccentric songwriters; his work in both The Birthday Party and The Bad Seeds is often morbid, occasionally poignant, sometimes funny, and always affecting. After taking a bit of a break from music to write the screenplay for Lawless, Cave is coming back with a new album with The Bad Seeds: Push The Sky Away is slated to come out on February 19th.

The album’s songs were written over the past year by Cave, and he claims that the Internet had a huge influence on the album’s direction; Cave says that he became “entranced” by Wikipedia entries on events both real and imagined. Cave also felt that the album had a distinctly collaborative feel: “I enter the studio with a handful of ideas, unformed and pupal,” he said. “It’s the Bad Seeds who transform them into things of wonder.”

Push The Sky Away comes out on CD and LP on February 19th. Watch the trailer for the album below: