Father John Misty - Mahashmashana (November 22nd, 2024) Album • Page 10

for posterity, lol. the freakout is worth a watch. the interview is a little standoffish iirc, but yeah, I think the period right before and during Pure Comedy really turned some people off. Seems like he may have been humbled about the reception to Pure Comedy, because he jokes about it on-stage all the time.

Here Is the Scandalous Father John Misty Interview You’ve Been Waiting For

 

He is one of the most wrongfully maligned artists of the last 15 years

 

Yup - music journalists want artists to be themselves in interviews and then they criticize them when they are and that’s why most big publication interviews suck now

 

Didn’t even see or read that stuff before haha. I meant that I can’t stand to listen to FTJ for a full LP because it’s too verbose.

The confounding thing is that’s also what I love about the ten or so all time classics he’s released.

 

Pure comedy is the only album that stretches into “alright cmon this is a bit much” territory but that’s also very much the point. All his other albums are easily digestible for me, but I’m also a huge fan so that’s probably bias speaking

 

Also don’t sleep on the j Tillman albums

 

Milk White Air is GOATed

 

Have always loved this one as well

 

Year zero in the summertiiiiiiiiiime

 

literally nothing to dislike about him for nearly a decade now. nakedly honest songwriting and has mostly avoided all forms of interview and being a public figure until, like, two months ago lol. just goofy to still hang onto schtick from the obama era

 

My favorite FJM being hated for no reason at all moment was when everyone for some reason convinced themselves Norman Fucking Rockwell (the song) was about him? And then like 2 years later Lana and him put out multiple collaborations.

I had one friend specifically who kept telling me I hate that man he's a piece of shit, but could not tell me one single thing he did. So bizarre

 

Lana's collabs with him are always so good.

 

buddy’s rendezvous is one his best tracks

 

Absolutely yes

 

screamland is craaaazy

 

Okay this might be my second favorite now. Just an absolutely amazing work of art.

 

I adore Honeybear, but I do think that next to GFC, this is some of his strongest and most mature, well-rounded songwriting. It really does feel career-spanning both in that sense and in style

 

honeybear has the best production and the most fun songs imo but his songwriting has only grown

 

finally finishing this up and it's brilliant

 

Don't love much of this outside of the title track, maybe it'll grow. Couple tracks I did not like at all.

 

man i loved this. might fuck around and hit play again.

 

I need FJM to do the next bond song

 

an intriguing thought ol' grim

 

I really like this but man I can’t stand “I Guess Time Makes Fools of Us All”….sounds way too much like an intro to some HBO show in the aughts.

 

the british FJM (alex turner) tried and they just gave it to sam smith instead