Name: Pure Comedy
Brand: Father John Misty

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Bonus disc: No

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Digisleeve - 4 versions of the sleeve and 24 page lyric booklet.

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2017-04-07

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

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5414939954634

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

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Extended format: Yes

Double Coloured Vinyl (1 Copper and 1 Aluminum), Die cut sleeve with 4 alternating covers Plastic O-Card outer sleeve, Fold Out Lyric Poster, Hologram Tarot Card, and Download. 

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Tape

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Artist

Father John Misty

Genre GB

Singer Songwriter

Label GB

Bella Union

Pure ComedyI Love You, HoneybearPure ComedyLeaving LA, Total Entertainment Forever, Ballad of the Dying Man, When The God Of Love Returns There’ll Be Hell To Pay Things It Would Have Been Helpful to Know Before The Revolution

Since 2012, Father John Misty, aka Josh Tillman, has unexpectedly emerged as a singular (if not undeniably, um, idiosyncratic) voice. Whether by virtue of his lyrics, which routinely defy the presumed polarities of wit and empathy; his live performances which may perhaps be described best as “intimately berzerk”, or the infuriating line he seems to occupy between canny and total fraud online or in interviews, Father John Misty has cultivated a rare space for himself in the musical landscape - that of a real enigma. Pure Comedy sees Tillman at the height of these powers: as a lyricist, and equally so a cultural observer - at times bordering on freakishly prescient. Tillman’s bent critiques, bared humanity and gently warped classic songwriting are all here in equal measure and - at 75 minutes - there’s a veritable fuck ton of it. Tillman wrote the majority of Pure Comedy throughout 2015 and recorded all the basic tracking and vocals live to tape (in no more than two takes each) at United Studios (fka the legendary Ocean Way Studios, favored by Frank Sinatra and The Beach Boys) in Los Angeles March 2016. Pure Comedy was co-produced once again by Josh Tillman and long-time producer Jonathan Wilson; mixed by Tillman, Wilson and Trevor Spencer, and mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering Studios. The album features string, horn and choral arrangements from classical iconoclast Gavin Bryars (Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet, Sinking Of The Titanic), with additional contributions from Nico Muhly and Thomas Bartlet.

CD - Digisleeve - 4 versions of the sleeve and 24 page lyric booklet.

2LP - Double Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve – 4 versions of the sleeve, Fold Out Lyric Poster and Download. 

2LP+ - Double Coloured Vinyl (1 Copper and 1 Aluminum), Die cut sleeve with 4 alternating covers Plastic O-Card outer sleeve, Fold Out Lyric Poster, Hologram Tarot Card and Download. Limited copies come with a bonus 7" featuring Real Love Baby on the A-side and the as yet unreleased track, Rejected Generic Pop Song, March ’15 #3 on the B-side.

Please Note - The video below displays the Sub Pop exclusive 2LP+ version with marbled vinyl - our vinyl is solid in colour (1 Copper and 1 Aluminum). Apart from that the 2LP+ versions are essentially the same - it gives you an insight into how wonderful this package is: