Novick, David

***CHECK STOCK!!! Received a 7.1 rating from Pitchfork. GOD? Records re-presents the debut of DAVID NOVICK! His self-titled album is officially a reissue, though the original was pressed in an short edition, for only one hundred souls. David and his bandmates in SAN FRANCISCO WATER COOLER put it out as the third release on their Sun Sneeze Records, and the copies were sold or handed out at shows. The Novick solo sound captures the hissing water of youth, loosely hanging around the neck of “pop” in a braid twisted with folk and experimental and psychedelic artifacts that come on with a distinct aroma. If you’ve enjoyed hanging around the San Francisco Water Cooler, this here is a bit more lo-key than those songs. Busting out of the gate fleetly, like Lindsey Buckingham of the no-budget (and no-Nicks!) set, David Novick flashes through seven ambitiously built songs recorded in his Santa Cruz bedroom a few years ago, using Tascam four-track and eight-track cassette machines. In order to create the shifting moods of weird creepy beauty, and the bright and shade of the album, David used mostly acoustic guitars, some percussion, and his own vocals, augmented with touches of electric guitar, organ, trumpet, harmonica and synthesizer. David Novick isn’t long, but it’s at least twice as deep: a late night burner to watch the fire to, projected into space with your best friends. Breathe, and flip the side.