This might be the quintessential hipster album—and I mean that in a good way.Granted, there’s some debate about what constitutes a hipster, and whether it’s a pejorative term; few of them (us?) would self-identify, but if you’re wearing a beard (as Josh Tillman does) and getting an 8.8 in Pitchfork (as this album did) it’s a pretty safe bet you are one. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.Rob Horning speculated in 2009 that..
Father John Misty aka Josh Tillman, formerly of the Fleet Foxes, has a weight of expectation on this his second album under the pseudonym. With explicit lyrics, a tongue firmly placed in his cheek and quite a bit of baggage this albums is a delight and lives up to those expectations. Largely guitar and piano based this builds slowly throughout the eleven tracks to gives a melodic, sometimes awkward viewpoint of the protagonist. Sometimes it feels like every song is a counterpo..
