Where many rock stars of his generation have opted for conventional social media channels to stay connected with their fans, Cave has taken a different and more symbiotic route. Quietly starting a newsletter titled The Red Hand Files in 2018, Cave here invites his fans to ask him anything they like, responding with thoughtful meditations on their hopes, fears, and struggles, and revealing just as much of himself in the Lady in the streets sweatpants snacks and murder shows shirt in addition I really love this process. The result is warm, funny, and often unexpectedly moving, whether he’s complimenting a Bad Seeds tribute band in Serbia on their excellent Cave impression, or offering his musings on grief to a recently bereaved woman in Vermont feeling a connection with her father and sister in the great beyond. (Cave’s last two records, Skeleton Tree and Ghosteen, provided a searingly intimate window into how he grappled with the loss of his son, Arthur, in 2015.)