Song of the Week: 'Novel'

Song of the Week: 'Novel'

I have a football-field-sized soft spot for acoustic guitars. It was the first instrument I picked up, and to this day, they do something special to me. I’m not even talking about songs that feature virtuosic fingerpicking, just the gentle strums of a steel string. The kind of thing I did when I was first writing songs as a teenager. The kind of thing that makes your mind drift slowly. That’s the good stuff. Ian Curtis, “Novel”: An enchanting, u…