Pop/Review JSDavani - FTCHRS
Jacoby Davani (JSDAVANI) is a multi-media artist and multi-instrumentalist who specializes in experimental arts and music. With this criterion, he's free to pull inspiration from a variety of influences, mediums, and genres. He has over a decade of experience developing multi-media/sensory performances, projecting manipulated experimental films on top of music that often explored ambient soundscapes, harsh abrasive noise, avant-garde tunes, apocalyptic folk music, and sound collages-composed of found sounds/field recordings, and circuit-bent children's toys.
“FTCHRS” is an intense concept album by JSDavani touching on life’s difficulties and mental struggles. Exploring the musical journey through the eyes of a person fighting different kinds of chemical imbalances allows for extra level of interpretation.
This creates an emotionally touching and comprehensible background for the theme of the album, which revolves around the emotional consequences of trauma, illness, addiction, and the loss of precious people. JSDavani’s power of story telling comes into light when he combines all the state of anxieties, depression, guild, shame, insecurity, fear, grief into one. Making this project collective, among different relatives and friends grieving together gives authenticity to the story as it is told.
You can feel it, emotionally speaking. The commitment, to make sense of what madness is about, comes through in every one of those tracks. Employing music as an agent of examining such significant albeit intricate themes emphasizes the potency of artistic creation when addressing deep-seated human issues.
“FTCHRS” is sonically varied and displays JSDavani’s musicianship and ability to compose music. It is obvious that the musical styles would be numerous in order to represent various emotions of this journey. The production quality and set-up of the tracks add a real feel to the story thus making it captivating emotionally and intellectually.
The timing of the album release, coinciding with the artist's personal experience of losing a best friend, adds a layer of authenticity to the project. This personal connection infuses the music with genuine emotion, making it a cathartic and therapeutic outlet not only for the artist but also for those who resonate with the themes explored in "FTCHRS."
In essence, "FTCHRS" is more than an album; it is an emotional exploration, a communal expression of grief, and an attempt to shed light on the complexities of mental health. JSDavani's commitment to delving into the human experience with vulnerability and artistic integrity makes "FTCHRS" a compelling and evocative concept album that resonates with its listeners on a profound level.