Humor and Humility in the Music of Father John Misty

No matter his graphic language, depression-stoked benders, and religious satire, Father John Misty still orbits Christianity with a gravity ...

Father John Misty - Relevant Magazine

“If Pure Comedy was available in Christian bookstores, Christians would f***ing love me.” When Josh Tillman says this of his latest Father John ...

Very negative Pure Comedy review : r/fatherjohnmisty - Reddit

At the root of many of the adjectives thrown around in this review appears to be a steadfast hard-heartedness or unwillingess to entertain and ...

Understanding the Importance of Father John Misty's 'Pure Comedy'

Josh Tillman could have started his third Father John Misty album by justifiably singing, “The tragedy of man starts like this,” but comedy says ...

FJM blurs fragile line between comedy and full-on doom

Be warned—you are in for one wild ride if you choose to listen to Father John Misty's (FJM) recently released third album “Pure Comedy.” The ...

Father John Misty - Pure Comedy - BlackErmine

When I first listened to Pure Comedy, I believed it was a remarkably impersonal album. I thought it sounded more like an essay in music form, something that ...

Father John Misty vs. the Mysteries of Life - The Ringer

Pure Comedy is no less than — in Misty's own words, which are often an indistinguishable swirl of braggadocious irony and self-deprecating ...

Father John Misty - Pure Comedy (Bella Union) - God Is In The TV

Depressing not because these songs are sad, or speak volumes about the tragedy of the human condition, but because they're hollow, the sound of ...

Father John Misty: 'Pure Comedy' Interview | Apple Music - YouTube

Father John Misty and Zane Lowe go in-depth on his album, 'Pure Comedy.' Listen to Father John Misty on Apple Music: ...

Father John Misty's Quest to Explain Himself | The New Yorker

'Pure Comedy,' or the first half of it, anyway, was created in this emotional bubble. I'd been walking up and down Bourbon Street, sober, ...

All That Glitters is Gold - Father John Misty - "Pure Comedy"

I think that it gets overlooked in the grand scheme of Father John Misty songs because it precedes the infinitely popular "Total Entertainment ...

Father John Misty - Pure Comedy Song Review - Listen SD

And he isn't alone. Given a natural, perhaps even cumbersome gift for turning raw human struggle into digestible fodder for songs that serve as ...

Father John Misty's Pure Comedy Isn't Funny at All - FactoryTwoFour

Because Tillman (whose been writing under the Father John Misty pseudonym since 2012) doesn't seem to be laughing at all. In fact, he's mostly ...

Album of the Week: Father John Misty - Pure Comedy - Treble

Father John Misty knows he's obnoxious. He invites criticism and scorn, the public persona of the man born Josh Tillman something of a ...

Father John Misty: Antichrist of the 21st Century | B.G.M.

Father John Misty may sound like a bringer of bad news, but he's simply expressing the opposite of everything you've been told to feel.

On "Funny Girl" and "Q4," Father John Misty is as Romantic (and ...

On his latest singles, Father John Misty never strays far from the tried-and-true formula that's made his music so infectious, infusing sweeping ...

Father John Misty Interview: Elements of Misdirection - YouTube

Hear the story of a successful American singer-songwriter, who grew up in a religious home that he had to break radically with.

Pure Comedy Album Review - Father John Misty - Pitchfork

Across its 75 minutes, humility is scarce. In one song, having indexed the species' flaws, he reprimands God: “Try something less ambitious next ...

Father John Misty: 'I get sick pleasure out of reading about how ...

He talks about turning his latest album, Pure Comedy, into an 'insane' musical – and why Trump's victory was like the Gen-X humour he was weaned

Father John Misty - New Album, Pure Comedy April 2017 | Page 9

Saw a clear vinyl version of Pure Comedy at Urban Outfitters* - has anyone picked up this one? It had the non-changeable orange sky cover.