Father John Misty announces new album Pure Comedy, releases short film alongside anti-Donald Trump single
'Where did they find these goons they elected to rule them'
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Your support makes all the difference.Joshua Michael Tillman second album under the Father John Misty moniker - I Love You, Honeybear - was an overwhelming critical success, appearing in numerous end-year in 2015.
After what feels like an eternity, the ex-Fleet Foxes member is back with new material, announcing his new album, Pure Gold, while also releasing the 25-minute surreal short-film.
Also titled Pure Gold, the film focusses primarily on Tilman in the studio, recording songs for the new record. Outside the studio, meanwhile, buildings are on fire. Watch below.
The first single from the album, the title track from the album, was also released, the video featuring apocalyptic cartoons, images of Pepe memes, and Donald Trump’s inauguration.
Most notably, Tilman sings as images of Trump appear: ‘Where did they find these goons they elected to rule them / What makes these clown they idolise so remarkable / These mammals are hellbent on fashioning new Gods / So they can go on being Godless animals.”
The full track listing for Pure Comedy
01 Pure Comedy
02 Total Entertainment Forever
03 Things It Would Have Been Helpful to Know Before the Revolution
04 Ballad of the Dying Man
05 Birdie
06 Leaving LA
07 A Bigger Paper Bag
08 When the God of Love Returns There’ll Be Hell to Pay
09 Smoochie
10 Two Wildly Different Perspectives
11 The Memo
12 So I’m Growing Old on Magic Mountain
13 In Twenty Years or So
Speaking to The Independent after the release of I Love You, Honeybear, Tilman revealed how he believed the record 'was a dud'.
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