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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Rehearsal for Departure -
The band captures the feral energy & crackling danger of its live sound while sacrificing none of the swaggering confidence, wit, or wisdom of its clever, fun lyrics.
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Alternate Timeline -
Morning Commute -
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
