I listen to music when I write novels; I need it to tune out the rest of the world. I began Where Angels Can’t Follow a few years ago, but didn’t complete it and get through the editing until this year. So, this playlist is a bit more scattered than usual, but here are the songs that remind me of the world I wrote and the characters in it.
- “Mercy” by Muse. (I absolutely could not have finished this book without this song. My local coffee shop had a gaggle of women in it one day, and they were deafening when I’d planned to knock out a chapter. I bought this song, and it became my tune-people-out song for the novel.)
- “Little Monster” by Royal Blood.
- “I’ll Follow You” by Shinedown.
- “Saint Cecilia” by Foo Fighters.
- “Unsteady” by X Ambassadors.
- “Hurricane” by The Band of Heathens. (This song felt so New Orleans to me.)
- “God’s Gonna Cut You Down” by Johnny Cash.
- “Viva la Vida” by Coldplay.
- “Save Me” by Remy Zero.
- “Praying” by Kesha. (This one reminded me of Medusa. That’s all I’m saying.)
- “Only Happy When It Rains” by Garbage.
- “Trip Switch” by Nothing But Thieves.
- “Hallowed Ground” by Bishop Briggs.
- “Way Down We Go” by Kaleo.
- “My Church” by Maren Morris. (I could hear Kiah singing this to annoy Grace.)
- “Anthem of the Angels” by Breaking Benjamin.