Overview

• In a new Red Hand Files response to a fan, Cave says he is neither on the left nor the right and finds both sides, as they present themselves, indefensible and unrecognisable.
• He characterizes his outlook as a liberal-leaning, spiritual conservative and frames it as a matter of temperament rather than party allegiance.
• Cave writes that he stands with the world in its goodness and beauty and that he values deeds over words.
• He emphasizes comfort with doubt, resistance to moral certainty, herd mentality and dogma, and says silence can at times be a sacred duty.
• The statement arrives alongside recent milestones including an Honorary Doctorate from the Royal College of Art and a sold-out July 31, 2026 Bad Seeds show at Brighton’s Preston Park billed as their only UK headline date that year.