{"id":522,"date":"2021-05-26T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2021\/2021\/05\/26\/susan-darvishi\/"},"modified":"2021-05-26T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T17:00:00","slug":"susan-darvishi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2021\/2021\/05\/26\/susan-darvishi\/","title":{"rendered":"Susan Darvishi: Five Years in NYC at 14th and 4th"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

First Generation, born in America, and sitting in the back of her Iranian parent\u2019s car, coasting through Northern Virginia as they all sing along to \u201cHow can you mend a Broken Heart\u201d by the Bee Gees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moments like these are when Susan Darvishi started to feel connected with the music that surrounded her. And with her debut album 14th and 4th<\/em>, releasign on May 26th, she is able to take her relationship with music and tell the stories of the past five years living in New York City on 14th and 4th, before moving out to California. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Of the album’s eight songs, she is able to cover five years of emotions from living in the constantly loud pumping heart of New York City<\/a>. Whether it is falling in love in the city (\u201cPolaroid\u201d or \u201cDance With You\u201d), keeping with girl code and internal struggles with heart break (\u201cHim\u201d and \u201cNo Choice\u201d), or the bitter sweet goodbyes you have to make in order to start a new chapter (\u201cNew Salvation\u201d and \u201cDrift Away\u201d), Davishi is able to tell her stories beautifully through songs on this album. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Darvishi\u2019s <\/a>strong voice pairs appreciably well with the beats, giving most of her songs a fun upbeat electronic pop sound to them. That is said with the exception of \u201cNo Choice\u201d and \u201cDrift Away\u201d where she is able to pull away from her other songs and use a slower electric sound to really show off her strong vocals and meaningful lyrics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From her \u201clove [of] Latin music, I  listen to in my free time\u201d and then the \u201cPersian music I listen to with my family\u201d she says \u201csometimes those two blend. They love fast beats.\u201d These influences of music can especially be heard in songs such as \u201cHim\u201d that is a very upbeat song with almost a Persian music sound to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This album has a very good mix between upbeat songs that make you want to get up and dance to songs that give you time to reflect on some of your past chapters. Her sound is with similar likes to artists such as Robyn and the sky seems to be the limit for her musical career. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The stories from her songs about her time in NYC still feel as though they are about a time in your life and manage to still be very relatable. Since she left her job in NYC to pursue her career in music right before covid hit she hasn\u2019t been able to perform live but she is just as excited as her listeners for her to start performing on stage in front of a covid free audience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Tracks:<\/strong> Drift Away, Him, No Choice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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