Fleet Foxes’ Josh Tillman Announces New Solo Project Father John Misty – Listen Now
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Tuesday, 31 January 2012 |
Written by Rob Sleigh
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Former Fleet Foxes drummer Josh Tillman, who recently announced his departure from the band to concentrate on other projects, has released details of his new solo album ‘Fear Fun’. The album is his first to be released under the moniker Father John Misty and is due out on 30th April. The official music video to the single ‘Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings’ is available to watch below.
Speaking about his new project, Tillman said: “I didn’t want any alter-egos, any vagaries, fantasy, escapism, any over-wrought sentimentality. I like humour and sex and mischief. So when you think about it, it’s kind of mischievous to write about yourself in a plain-spoken, kind of explicitly obvious way and call it something like ‘Misty’. I mean, I may as well have called it ‘Steve’”.
Going on to talk about his music, he added: “Songwriting for me had always only been interesting and necessary because I saw it as this vehicle for truth, but I had this realization that all I had really done with it was lick my wounds for years and years, and become more and more isolated from people and experiences. I don’t even like wound-licking music, I want to listen to someone rip their arm off and beat themselves with it.”
Josh Tillman joined Fleet Foxes in 2008 and performed with the band on last year’s ‘Helplessness Blues’ before announcing his departure earlier this month. He has previously released a number of solo albums under the name J. Tillman. On his new album ‘Fear Fun’, he worked with singer-songwriter Jonathan Wilson and Fleet Foxes producer Phil Ek.
Father John Misty ‘Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings’
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