Jodi Sheeler either wants to be the next Natalie Merchant or the
\nnext Joni Mitchell. I haven’t decided yet which path she’s really
\ntrying to follow – nor has she, for that matter.<\/p>\n
Sheeler’s self-titled eight-song indie release features some
\ninteresting songs which demonstrate this New Yorker has promise,
\nthough sometimes the stream-of-consciousness lyrics get in the way
\nof what she’s trying to accomplish.<\/p>\n
Sheeler’s vocals seem to be still developing, though there’s
\nenough power in them already to suggest quite a bit of hopeful
\npromise. The breathless pain she emotes on “How Could You Let Me
\nGo” indicates the wounds are still very much fresh, though the
\nhealing process has yet to really take hold. Sheeler convincingly
\nplays the role of a jilted lover in this song, the role assured by
\nher emotion-filled vocals. The fact that only Sheeler’s acoustic
\nguitar backs her up also works to the song’s advantage.<\/p>\n
Other tracks on
\nJodi Sheeler<\/i> have the same kind of emotional punch. “Best
\nFriend Kristen” is a light-hearted look back at childhood innocence
\nand the bond between two friends who share common experiences. “No
\nRegrets” has the most emotional punch to my ears, daring the
\nlistener to take a look back at their own lives and examine the
\nthings they don’t want to. When Sheeler sings “Here’s to no
\nregrets,” she’s challenging the listener to discover what they wish
\nthey’d done differently with their lives – though whether this was
\na conscious decision on Sheeler’s part, I don’t know.<\/p>\n
Not everything on
\nJodi Sheeler<\/i> works as well, though, and these minor stumbles
\npicture an artist who is still honing her talents. Tracks like
\n“Follow A Fool,” “Blackeyed Susan” and “Time And Again” have their
\nmoments, but do not carry the same power that the winning tracks
\ndo. Likewise, “Farther” has hints of promise, but here is where the
\nstream-of-consciousness style of Sheeler’s vocals fail to deliver
\nthe payload. What she could have done different, I don’t know.<\/p>\n
Still,
\nJodi Sheeler<\/i> is a disc which makes me curious to see what
\nthis young woman has ahead of her. She still has some development
\nto undergo musically, but this release could just be the start of
\nsomething potentially promising for her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[7616],"rating":[5612],"class_list":["post-39467","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-jodi-sheeler","rating-rating-b-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=39467"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=39467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}