John Paul Davis
My name is John Paul Davis. I write poetry, build things on the web with code, make music and visual art. I love making things. This website is mostly about the things I make and do.
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Down to Business -
Hazy & angular poetics adorn these coming-of-age tales to the backdrop of sweeping cinematic analog synths, atmospheric guitars, & durable, interlocking rhythms.
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Taller at Sunrise -
Wry, subversive lyrics wrapped in infectious hooks set to driving, skillfully-wrought groove-oriented beats, with occasional flourishes on trumpet & synth. The catchiest brainy music.
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Even With Its Face Hidden -
History is a Story We Tell Each Other 4 -
Uncanny strata of samples coalesce into a psychedelic & funky sheen of splendor & joy. Lazy Saturday afternoon nostalgia, shot through with workaday poetry
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History is a Story We Tell Each Other 3 -
A bedrock of reliable grooves supports deep, rich textures & subtle layers unfolding patiently into soundscapes focused more on atmosphere & evolution than melody.
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History is a Story We Tell Each Other 2 -
History is a Story We Tell Each Other 1 -
Always On -
Guided by a Star -
Vivid lyrical imagery & meditations on a vibrant inner life as experienced in encounters in the natural world over rhythmic acoustic picking & striking chord progressions.
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Warm, lustrous, hypnotic bluesy riffs fade in & out over atmospheric organ all supporting sultry, dreamy singing of oblique, mournful lyrics.
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Energetic & urgent. The band channels hope & history, rage & rejoicing in these epic songs that celebrate & transcend their eclectic influences. As timely today as 35 years ago.
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Relief -
Striking, unusual melodies sometimes almost whispered, sometimes belted, always perfect for the plainspokenly poetic lyrics, backed by wheezy, creaky instruments & elegant production
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Myself in the Machinery -
Owens features her own ethereal singing more confidently on an album of warm, captivating compositions that lean into repetition as an almost spiritual kind of change.
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Concentric and Perpendicular -
The Inner Workings -
Everybody Remember Where We Parked -
Five Things I Learned About Writing from Paul Simon's René and Georgette Magritte with their Dog After the War
We’ve been listening to a lot of Paul Simon this week in our little Bronx apartment, inspired as we have been, by having the good fortune to get to see him live at the Beacon Theatre here in New York. It was easily one of the most beautiful rock concerts I’ve ever attended; Simon... Continue Reading Five Things I Learned About Writing from Paul Simon's René and Georgette Magritte with their Dog After the War
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It's Good To Have Goals
