A quite unique voice, Josh Tillmann's – aka Father John Misty – debut solo album 'Fairly Fun' was released to widespread acclaim back in 2012.
Disappearing into the studio to craft a follow up, Father John Misty unveiled the results in spectacular style last night (November 3rd).
Dropping past Letterman, the singer performed new track 'Bored In The USA' – the first song to be taken from second album 'I Love You, Honeybear'.
Speaking about the new album, Father John Misty said that the album is "about a guy named Josh Tillman who spends quite a bit of time banging his head against walls, cultivating weak ties with strangers and generally avoiding intimacy at all costs. This all serves to fuel a version of himself that his self-loathing narcissism can deal with. We see him engaging in all manner of regrettable behaviour."
"In a parking lot somewhere he meets Emma, who inspires in him a vision of a life wherein being truly seen is not synonymous with shame, but possibly true liberation and sublime, unfettered creativity. These ambitions are initially thwarted as jealousy, self-destruction and other charming human character traits emerge. Josh Tillman confesses as much all throughout."
"The album progresses, sometimes chronologically, sometimes not, between two polarities: the first of which is the belief that the best love can be is finding someone who is miserable in the same way you are and the end point being that love isn't for anyone who isn't interested in finding a companion to undertake total transformation with. I won't give away the ending, but sex, violence, profanity and excavations of the male psyche abound."
"My ambition, aside from making an indulgent, soulful, and epic sound worthy of the subject matter, was to address the sensuality of fear, the terrifying force of love, the unutterable pleasures of true intimacy, and the destruction of emotional and intellectual prisons in my own voice. Blammo."
'I Love You, Honeybear' will be released on February 9th. Father John Misty has confirmed the following shows:
February
22 Dublin Whelans
23 Glasgow King Tuts
24 Manchester Gorilla
26 London Village Underground
27 Leeds Brudenell Social Club
28 Bristol Thekla
Photo Credit: Emma Tillman
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