Eight Years Later, Metal Band Nok Novum Find Wisdom on “Dad Problems”
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Since 2016, the instrumental metal band Nok Novum has taken a step back to focus on their individual careers, raise families, as well as taking time to patiently record their highly anticipated sophomore release, Nok Novum II. This new album has recently been completed and is set to be released within 2024.
Their first single, “Dad Problems,” was conceived as improvisational riffs back in guitarist Grant Cooper’s dad’s basement when he was 25 years old, and born 12 years later into a completed song, now that half the band have become fathers. It’s incredible how songs transform over time and get to the finish line with a new perspective.
Listen to “Dad Problems” HERE.
“None of us were dads then, but half of us are now, so maybe this was foreshadowing that feeling of running out of propane on a hot summer’s day while trying to light your BBQ,” says Grant Cooper.