You should definitely give God's Favorite Customer a spin. One of his best and probably the closest in DNA to this one.
If you didn’t like Pure Comedy, GFC is perfect for you. It’s basically a reaction album to how his marriage fell apart while making Pure Comedy.
there's no law but the old law, baby EDIT: i'm now realizing the line is 'love' and not 'law' but what can you do
"Jason Isbell's here as well, and he seemed a little worried about you" into the chorus still gets me giddy after all these years
My record is supposed to arrive today, excited to actually be able to have my first listen be on vinyl, this night just got more exciting!
a lot of the lyrical themes of this one remind me a lot of Pure Comedy - it's just he did it the right way this time and didn't make it an hour and a half long lol
I hear moments from his full discography across this thing, but honestly, Pure Comedy least so. More like a combination of Fear Fun and GFC
yeah I agree it sounds like those albums most musically - I think that's a fair assessment that portions from everything is on this thing
Ok that was the most that I've liked a listen of any of his albums, but I still find a lot of it overwritten and a bit boring. I'm gonna do God's Favorite Customer now. I gotta say I just don't really love his voice.
Curious to hear your thoughts. I feel like Honeybear is pretty diverse, and tbh, this album is like eight long songs with some ballads thrown in and the overwriting isn't going anywhere lol. If you don't like that or his voice, I don't think this one will change your mind. But who knows! GFC rocks.
"Being You" is SO Mac DeMarco-coded. And "Josh Tillman and the Accidental Dose" is basically Leonard Cohen fronting The Beatles, lol.
I've always liked that the chord progression for "Mr. Tillman" is basically a Nirvana song, but slowed down and softer
"Summer's Gone" is literally the perfect amount of that Chloe sound to close out this record. Gorgeous track, and the Fear Fun reference is lovely.