- Funtimes in Babylon
- Nancy From Now On
- Hollywood Forever Cemetary Sings
- I'm Writing a Novel
- O I Long to Feel Your Arms Around Me
- Misty's Nightmares 1 & 2
- Only Son of the Ladiesman
- This Is Sally Hatchet
- Well, You Can Do It Without Me
- Now I'm Learning to Love the War
- Tee Pees 1-12
- Everyman Needs a Companion
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Zach Tillman Bass
Casey Wescott Bass,Piano,Harpsichord
Keefus Green Piano,Mellotron,Synthesizer
Wylie Gelber Bass
Jonathan Wilson Bass,Piano,Trumpet,Mandolin,Vox Organ,Wurlitzer,Guitar (Bass),Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Baritone),Guitar (Electric),Guitar (12 String),Guitar (12 String Acoustic)
Hugo Nicolson Omnichord
Gabriel Noel Strings,Bass (Upright)
Leslie Stevens Vocals
Sara Watkins Fiddle
Ben Peeler Pedal Steel
Greg Calbi Mastering
Phil Ek Mixing
Jeff Kleinsmith Design
Sasha Barr Design
Josh Tillman Composer,Producer
Wylie Gelber Assistant Engineer
Jonathan Wilson Engineer,Producer
Hugo Nicolson Engineer
Emma Garr Photography
Dimitri Drjunchin Artwork,Cover Painting
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Overview
As J. Tillman, indie folk crooner Joshua Tillman painted sparse, often melancholic fever dreams that paired the wounded isolation of Nick Drake with the star-crossed country romanticism of Gram Parsons, a sensibility he also brought to the table as the drummer and backing vocalist for Seattle's Fleet Foxes. His latest incarnation, Father John Misty, adds Harry Nilsson and Skip Spence to the mix, skillfully imbuing the woodsy Pacific Northwest bark of the Foxes with a patina of vintage Laurel Canyon-inspired bohemia. Fear Fun opens with "Funtimes in Babylon," one of three tracks, including "Only Son of the Ladiesman" and "Everyman Needs a Companion," closely echoing the hymnlike sonic breadth of his former band. All three cater to his strong, clear voice, which sounds like a cross between Mark Kozelek (Red House Painters, Sun Kil Moon) and Jonathan Meiburg (Shearwater/Okkervil River), but it's tracks two and three that provide the album with its most transcendent moments. "Nancy from Now On," with its shambling protagonist ("Pour me another drink and punch me in the face"), likable gait, and legitimate yacht rock chorus, is a triumph of both style and substance, while the thick and brooding "Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings," which ceaselessly wonders "Jesus Christ girl/What are people going to think?" amidst a wall of wet distortion and appropriately thunderous drums, benefits from singer/songwriter/Laurel Canyon scene revivalist Jonathan Wilson's warm and spacious production. Fear Fun's deft mix of folly and grandeur strikes a nice balance between the over the top hippie shenanigans of Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros and the vapid, calculated debauchery of Lana Del Ray, painting the artist as a self-destructive/deprecating Californian gadfly with one foot in the Salton Sea and the other in the lobby of the Chateau Marmont. ~ James Christopher Monger
Product Details
Release Date: | 05/06/2016 |
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Label: | Sub Pop |
UPC: | 0098787097047 |
Tracks
Album Credits
Performance Credits
Father John Misty Primary ArtistZach Tillman Bass
Casey Wescott Bass,Piano,Harpsichord
Keefus Green Piano,Mellotron,Synthesizer
Wylie Gelber Bass
Jonathan Wilson Bass,Piano,Trumpet,Mandolin,Vox Organ,Wurlitzer,Guitar (Bass),Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Baritone),Guitar (Electric),Guitar (12 String),Guitar (12 String Acoustic)
Hugo Nicolson Omnichord
Gabriel Noel Strings,Bass (Upright)
Leslie Stevens Vocals
Sara Watkins Fiddle
Ben Peeler Pedal Steel
Technical Credits
Octave Mirbeau Liner NotesGreg Calbi Mastering
Phil Ek Mixing
Jeff Kleinsmith Design
Sasha Barr Design
Josh Tillman Composer,Producer
Wylie Gelber Assistant Engineer
Jonathan Wilson Engineer,Producer
Hugo Nicolson Engineer
Emma Garr Photography
Dimitri Drjunchin Artwork,Cover Painting
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