Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, the patron saints of plaintive masculinity, are currently releasing remastered versions of some of their most acclaimed and seminal 90s’s albums. The most recent additions to the Collector’s Edition reissues are The Boatman’s Call, Let Love In, No More Shall We Part, and Murder Ballads. Cave’s 80′s output got the remaster treatment back in 2009. These reissues have caused a flurry of rare video releases from the albums as well, most recently for some of the songs found on No More Shall We Part.

We’d embedd them but sadly there is no way to so you’re just going to have to clink link for each one. Here’s the first one, for the casually-tragic “As I Sat Sadly By Her Side.” This one’s going to be an especially big treat for the more fanatical of those among Cave’s audience: Most of the visuals are reflections and duplications of the man himself, giving the illusion that there are plenty of Nick Cave clones to go around. Actually, that would be awesome – can you imagine the harmonies they’d sing together?

The video for “Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow” is unmistakably reminiscent of The Knife’s video for “Pass This On” – they both find their subjects performing in dingy, foreign-looking recreation centers for an audience that most likely isn’t part of their regular demographic (think old ladies and used car salesman-lookin’ guys). The only difference between the two is that Cave’s not a lip-synching drag queen like The Knife’s leading lady, although that could be a fun new direction for him to take if he ever gets tired of releasing gorgeous, mournful albums with the Bad Seeds or his grittier stuff with Grinderman, his more garage-rock-inspired band.

“Love Letter” gets the coolest video treatment, which is appropriate because it’s one of the best songs in the band’s catalog. Like the heartbreaking track it accompanies, the video is simple and lovely. It takes place in empty rooms and open landscapes, allowing the music to fill all that visual space in a nice little bit of synaesthesia.

If all these videos inspired you to get all nostalgic for early ’00s-era Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (and who could blame you?), the reissues are available now through Amazon.

- Pukelear Reactor