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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Fan out -
Just one more thing -
Deeply personal lyrics & striking imagery matched by new vocabularies for the guitar all wrapped in songs expertly & hookily crafted to balance experimentation & accessibility.
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Deluxe version -
In a time of fear & sorrow, an album of joy. Ecstatic exultation, optimism & faith, weathered by decades of experience with doubt, grief & hard times.
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Cascade -
Beguiling blood harmonies soulfully-delivered over minimalist cajón-grounded beats on a collection that explores & celebrates love, familial, spiritual & romantic.
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Statement piece -
Cinematic & imaginative music, exquisitely-crafted melodies sung with verve, wittily & abstrusely exploring nostalgia, disillusion, creativity & the tension between art & commerce.
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Stanzas -
Glorious gorgeous collages of analog synths, live drums, funky guitars, catchy melodies. Reflections on the cycles & patterns of adult life: love, death, forgiveness, healing.
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Mood lighting -
These two beauties -
Songs of financial & spiritual anxiety but also songs of restoration & return. Inviting, languid arrangements, eerie cinematic atmospheres, earnest lyrics.
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Pay attention -
Stunning & elegant compositions charged with tumultuous energy that pay homage to Mingus's influences without being derivative. Suave & bluesy solos abound. A masterpiece.
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Melodic guitar leads, room-filling riffs, winding song structures, inventive effects make anthems of the angry, grieving, frustrated lyrics. One song is aptly titled "Big Riff."
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Eager -
Introspection, yearning & spiritual ecstasy set against spacious, dreamlike but driving songs marked by daring, provocative melodies.
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Quorum -
Backed by the Metropole Orkest, Mvula performs inventively-arranged, transcendent, shimmering, magical versions of her songs. expansive & yet somehow also intimate.
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Lush, expansive, ambitious arrangements & ascending, anthemic melodies paired with spiritual introspection & grand expressions of love & healing.
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More of a statement than a question -
First shout of green -
Light has its own opinions
