Father John Misty - Fear Fun

MusicOMH“Tillman sounds like he's having fun...” If Fleet Foxes, or indeed, beardy folk/roots music in general, leave you cold, then you probably won't find much to enjoy with Father John Misty. For those that do though, there's much to to engage on this album...

The Line of Best Fit“A quintessentially “classic” album...” Tillman has used the cloak of an alter ego to splice some of the more appealing core elements of Americana and create some kind of parallel universe 1970s bar room greatest hits set that not once even nods to originality...

The Observer“Eerie and eloquent ...” Tillman's latest, though aching and bucolic, is home to a darkness absent from his ex-outfit's oeuvre, its lyrics awash with references to funerals, black dogs and "the beast come looking for last year's rent"...

Uncut“Father John Misty it is, and it sounds like he’s here to stay... ” Packed with sardonic, self-effacing songs that recall the finest traditions of harmony-soaked West Coast folk-and-country-influenced rock ‘n’ roll...

Pitchfork“Tillman has discovered his truest subject...” Perhaps freed by the new pseudonym or emboldened by his nearly four-year tenure as a Fleet Fox, Tillman varies things up on Fear Fun, reveals an adventurous palette...

Guardian“Aching and bucolic...” Home to a darkness absent from his ex-outfit's oeuvre, its lyrics awash with references to funerals, black dogs and "the beast come looking for last year's rent"...

The Independent“Madcap, mushroom-inspired Laurel Canyon genius...” Fortunately for J Tillman, what he left Fleet Foxes to do turns out to be as panoramic as that band is parochial. Fear Fun is the kind of album that can name-check Sartre, Heidegger and Neil Young in the same song...

NME“Wise-cracking masterwork...” A droll riposte to those who think post-millennial folk music is po-faced, check out the urban hillbilly hustle of ‘Writing A Novel’ for lyrics loaded with offhand wit. ‘Only Son Of The Ladiesman’ sees undulating melodies circle around...