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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Guess Again -
Embracing the studio, the band focus on the album as an artistic format & experiment with new instruments & three-part harmonies as their songwriting matures & deepens.
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Royalty -
Reuniting with Tony Visconti & eschewing the electronics & distortion of his previous decade, Bowie finds creative reinvigoration on this set of melodic, playful, passionate rockers.
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Theory of the Multiverse -
Adding sweeping orchestral arrangements to their melodic, bittersweet, mostly-acoustic-plus-pedal-steel aesthetic, the band delves deeper into love, friendship, family & personal histories.
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The Most Yellow Ever Yellowed -
Meditating on the dehumanizing & world-ruining forces inside us & in what we build, Waits bends his primal voice to these modern blues over lo-fi waterlogged guitars & oddball percussion.
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In Unexpected Places -
The band's debut album captures their fuzzy, energetic, audacious guitar-forward live sound, their hooky melodies & witty, cutting lyrics that inspired Bowie, Cobain, & Corgan.
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Temporary Decoration -
Using samples of found dialogue & their haunted, analog synth & vintage drum machine aesthetic, the duo examine human spirituality & the language it employs.
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Exposed -
Adding obscure & self-made instruments alongside inventive sampling & looping, the band create a beautiful & hauntingly original album, exploring isolation, anxiety, & political alienation
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Is A Shadow A Discrete Entity? -
Simon processes his divorce & its emotional aftermath in world-weary, witty & wise lyrics set to jazzy, groovy instrumentation & world-class melodies
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What If You Could Be The Sun? -
Lyrically exploring coming of age & mortality while musically delighting in the wide feast of their influences, the band defies genre to yield this triumph
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Just A Suggestion -
The band add live drums & acoustic instrumentation to their bewitching cocktail of loops, grooves, noise & harmonies on this songs of love, growth & political anxiety.
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Passageway -
The inventive DJ weaves trippy, crisp, haunted beats, a fitting container for the veteran MC's matchless wordplay, spellbinding storytelling & incisive philosophizing.
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Revisions -
This retrospective captures the essence of the band, the earworm melodies, the delightfully intricate arrangements, the melancholy & melodrama, all of which made them global superstars
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New York Lines
