Name: Pure Comedy
Brand: Father John Misty

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2017-04-07

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Sub P­op

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Father John Misty

Genre US

Rock-Pop

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Sub Pop

Cassettes

American singer/songwriter originally from Rockville, MD. He initially released music under the moniker [a1177036], and later adopted the pseudonym Father John Misty for his 2012 album. Since then, he has released three more albums using this pseudonym. His close collaborator and co-producer for his albums has been [a614092].

Father John Misty is an American singer/songwriter hailing from Rockville, MD. He began his musical journey under a different name before adopting the pseudonym Father John Misty for his breakthrough album in 2012. Since then, he has continued to captivate audiences with three additional albums under this persona.

With roots in Rockville, MD, Father John Misty is an accomplished American singer/songwriter who first gained recognition under a different name. However, it was when he embraced the pseudonym Father John Misty that his career truly took off with the release of his 2012 album. Over the years, he has consistently impressed fans and critics alike with three more remarkable albums.

Father John Misty's Pure Comedy is the highly anticipated follow-up to his internationally acclaimed album, I Love You, Honeybear. Pure Comedy highlights include the title track alongside standouts Leaving LA, Total Entertainment Forever, Ballad of the Dying Man, When The God Of Love Returns There'll Be Hell To Pay and Things It Would Have Been Helpful to Know Before The Revolution. Since 2012, Father John Misty, aka Josh Tillman, has unexpectedly emerged as a singular (if not undeniably, um, idiosyncratic) voice. Whether by virtue of his lyrics, which routinely defy the presumed polarities of wit and empathy; his live performances which may perhaps be described best as "intimately berzerk", or the infuriating line he seems to occupy between canny and total fraud online or in interviews, Father John Misty has cultivated a rare space for himself in the musical landscape - that of a real enigma. Pure Comedy sees Tillman at the height of these powers: as a lyricist, and equally so a cultural observer - at times bordering on freakishly prescient. Tillman's bent critiques, bared humanity and gently warped classic songwriting are all here in equal measure and - at 75 minutes - there's a veritable fuck ton of it. Tillman wrote the majority of Pure Comedy throughout 2015 and recorded all the basic tracking and vocals live to tape (in no more than two takes each) at United Studios (fka the legendary Ocean Way Studios, favored by Frank Sinatra and The Beach Boys) in Los Angeles March 2016. Pure Comedy was co-produced once again by Josh Tillman and long-time producer Jonathan Wilson; mixed by Tillman, Wilson and Trevor Spencer, and mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering Studios. The album features string, horn and choral arrangements from classical iconoclast Gavin Bryars (Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet, Sinking Of The Titanic), with additional contributions from Nico Muhly and Thomas Bartlet.CD - Digisleeve - 4 versions of the sleeve and 24 page lyric booklet.2LP - Double Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve - 4 versions of the sleeve, Fold Out Lyric Poster and Download.2LP+ - Double Coloured Vinyl (1 Copper and 1 Aluminum), Die cut sleeve with 4 alternating covers Plastic O-Card outer sleeve, Fold Out Lyric Poster, Hologram Tarot Card and Download. Limited copies come with a bonus 7" featuring Real Love Baby on the A-side and the as yet unreleased track, Rejected Generic Pop Song, March '15 #3 on the B-side.

Pure Comedy

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