Josh Tillman’s third album as Father John Misty is a wry and passionate complaint against nearly everything under the sun: Politics, religion, entertainment, war—even Father John Misty can’t escape Father John Misty’s gimlet eye. But even the wordiest, most cynically self-aware songs here (“Leaving L.A.,” “When the God of Love Returns There’ll Be Hell to Pay”) are executed with angelic beauty, a contrast that puts Tillman in a league with spiritual predecessors like Randy Newman or Harry Nilsson. A performer as savvy as Tillman knows you can’t sell the apocalypse without making it sound pretty.

Tracklisting

1. Pure Comedy
2. Total Entertainment Forever
3. Things It Would Be Helpful To Know Before The Revolution
4. Ballad Of The Dying Man
5. Birdie
6. Leaving LA
7. A Bigger Paper Bag
8. When The God Of Love Returns There’ll Be Hell To Pay
9. Smoochie
10. Two Wildly Different Perspectives
11. The Memo
12. So I’m Growing Old On Magic Mountain
13. In Twenty Years Or So
14. Real Love Baby
15. Rejected Generic Pop Song March ‘15 #3

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Father John Misty - Pure Comedy [Official Music Video]

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• Father John Misty - Things It Would Have Been Helpful To Know Before The Revolution [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
• Father John Misty - Pure Comedy [FULL ALBUM STREAM]

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