Working third shift brings out the inner music nerd in me. Lucky for you, I'm not feeling too nerdy where I would unravel forty chunky paragraphs shitting on a band I hate or drooling over a band I love. Here's some shit I've been listening to and why.
Slayer- South of Heaven
This album has undoubtedly helped me through the miserable grind of my day job. I work the front desk at a hotel where people cry about everything from the view out of their windows to the smell of the carpet. I've tried listening to bands like Efterklang or Air to ease my mind a bit, but this album seems to be the only one really working while working a busy and hectic shift.
Slowdive- Souvlaki
This was an album Chislow showed me a few weeks back on one of our long, nighttime drives. I lost count on how many nights I'd come home, the pants come off and this album would come on. A perfect balance of slow and loud, this album does not disappoint.
Deaf Center- Paul Ravine
This is what I'm currently listening to. Without getting too weird, this album feeds my anti-social night time madness I endure while at my studio. Whether I'm drawing or biking around North Ridgeville at 2am, this album has served as almost a best friend. I've tried listening to it while driving to work, but it simply doesn't have the same effect as it does in the lonely hours of the night. The track "White Lake" gives me goosebumps every single time I hear it. In a perfect Novak world, I'll be walking or biking one night and bump into a weirdo girl playing this album through her headphones and we'll get married in some weird cave in Iceland. No such luck yet.