- I Love You, Honeybear
- Chateau Lobby, No 4 [In C for Two Virgins]
- True Affection
- The Night Josh Tillman Came to Our Apt.
- When You're Smiling and Astride Me
- Nothing Good Ever Happens at the Goddamn Thirsty Crow
- Strange Encounter
- The Ideal Husband
- Bored in the USA
- Holy Shit
- I Went to the Store One Day
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Josh Tillman Primary Artist
Keefus Ciancia Primary Artist
Jonathan Wilson Primary Artist
Keefus Cianca Primary Artist
Benji Lysaght Primary Artist,Guitar
Brian Walsh Clarinet
Paul Cartwright Violin,Strings,Mandolin
Thomas Lea Viola
Javier Rodriguez Trumpet
Alethea Mills Vocals
Hector Castro Violin
Jorge Cardenas Violin
Farmer Dave Scher Lap Steel Guitar
Elizabeth Bacher Violin
Gabriel Noel Bass,Strings
Chavonne Stewart Vocals
Andres Renteria Congas
Daphne Chen Violin
Claire Courchene Cello
Arnie Barrera Trumpet
Phil Ek Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Paul Cartwright Arranger,Mandolin Arrangement,String Arrangements
Alia Penner Artwork
Sasha Barr Art Direction
Josh Tillman Arranger,Composer,Producer,Art Direction,Horn Arrangements,String Arrangements
Bryce Gonzales Engineer
Jonathan Wilson Mixing,Composer,Producer,Mixing Engineer
Stacey Rozich Paintings
Gabriel Noel String Arrangements
Greg Calbi Mastering Engineer,Mastering
RKS Mastering Engineer
Emma Elizabeth Tillman Photography
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Overview
On 2012's Fear Fun, Josh Tillman introduced audiences to Father John Misty, a jaded and erudite, faux-bohemian retro-pop confectioner with a strong surrealist bent and an aptitude for capturing the American zeitgeist via wry couplets concerning the culturally and morally ambiguous wasteland of southern California. That penchant for gutter-highbrow confessionalism still looms large on his second long player, the lyrically and musically bold, and often quite beautiful, I Love You, Honeybear, but the drug-addled, disaffected Laurel Canyon drifter who served as the cruise director on Fear Fun has been replaced by a man trying to come to terms with the discombobulating effects of love, especially as it applies to his nihilistic alter-ego, which is mercilessly stripped of that ego throughout the 11-song set. The newly married Tillman is not incapable of self-effacing satire (witness the exhaustive "Exercises for Listening" instructional pamphlet, which is worth the price of the album alone), but he peppers those bone-wry moments ("I wanna take you in the kitchen/Lift up your wedding dress someone was probably murdered in," from the dizzying, weepy strings and cavernous percussion-laden title cut) with instances of real soulful brevity ("For love to find us of all people/I'd never thought it'd be so simple," from the exquisite, sparse, heartfelt closer "I Went to the Store One Day") -- the ballsy "Ideal Husband," a frantic laundry list of past digressions, best supports both predilections. Produced with great care once again by Jonathan Wilson, Honeybear has the architecture of its predecessor, but features braver melodic choices, and at a pure pop level, is the far more challenging LP of the two, but it rewards the listener constantly, whether it's delivering the yin and the yang via electro-pop tomfoolery ("True Affection"), '70s soul-pop schmaltz ("When You're Smiling and Astride Me"), or straight-up Randy Newman-inspired socio/political balladry ("Bored in the USA"), the latter of which even manages to incorporate a laugh track. Whether Tillman is maturing into the Father John Misty persona or vice versa is still up for debate, but there's no denying his growth as an artist, and I Love You, Honeybear, despite the occasional double entendre, is as powerful a statement about love in the vacuous, social media-obsessed early 21st century as it is a denouement of the detached hipster charlatan. ~ James Christopher Monger
Product Details
Release Date: | 11/20/2015 |
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Label: | Sub Pop |
UPC: | 0098787111545 |
Rank: | 8475 |
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Album Credits
Performance Credits
Father John Misty Primary Artist,VocalsJosh Tillman Primary Artist
Keefus Ciancia Primary Artist
Jonathan Wilson Primary Artist
Keefus Cianca Primary Artist
Benji Lysaght Primary Artist,Guitar
Brian Walsh Clarinet
Paul Cartwright Violin,Strings,Mandolin
Thomas Lea Viola
Javier Rodriguez Trumpet
Alethea Mills Vocals
Hector Castro Violin
Jorge Cardenas Violin
Farmer Dave Scher Lap Steel Guitar
Elizabeth Bacher Violin
Gabriel Noel Bass,Strings
Chavonne Stewart Vocals
Andres Renteria Congas
Daphne Chen Violin
Claire Courchene Cello
Arnie Barrera Trumpet
Technical Credits
Fred Herrera String Arrangements,Horn ArrangementsPhil Ek Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Paul Cartwright Arranger,Mandolin Arrangement,String Arrangements
Alia Penner Artwork
Sasha Barr Art Direction
Josh Tillman Arranger,Composer,Producer,Art Direction,Horn Arrangements,String Arrangements
Bryce Gonzales Engineer
Jonathan Wilson Mixing,Composer,Producer,Mixing Engineer
Stacey Rozich Paintings
Gabriel Noel String Arrangements
Greg Calbi Mastering Engineer,Mastering
RKS Mastering Engineer
Emma Elizabeth Tillman Photography
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