{"product_id":"pure-comedy","title":"Pure Comedy","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePure Comedy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eFather John Misty's\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethird album, is a complex, often-sardonic, and, equally often, touching meditation on the confounding folly of modern humanity.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFather John Misty\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the brainchild of singer-songwriter\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJosh Tillman\u003c\/strong\u003e. Tillman has released two widely acclaimed albums –\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFear Fun\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2012) and\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eI Love You, Honeybear\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e(2015) – and the recent \"Real Love Baby\" single as\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFather John Misty\u003c\/strong\u003e, and recently contributed to songs by Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, and Kid Cudi. \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou could say a lot about \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePure Comedy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e – including that it is a bold, important album in the tradition of American songwriting greats like Harry Nilsson, Randy Newman, and Leonard Cohen – but it's best to let its creator describe it himself. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTillman explains: \"\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePure Comedy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the story of a species born with a half-formed brain. The species' only hope for survival, finding itself on a cruel, unpredictable rock surrounded by other species who seem far more adept at this whole thing (and to whom they are delicious), is the reliance on other, slightly older, half-formed brains. \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis reliance takes on a few different names as their story unfolds, like \"love,\" \"culture,\" \"family,\" etc. Over time, and as their brains prove to be remarkably good at inventing meaning where there is none, the species becomes the purveyor of increasingly bizarre and sophisticated ironies. These ironies are designed to help cope with the species' loathsome vulnerability and to try and reconcile how disproportionate their imagination is to the monotony of their existence. Something like that.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePure Comedy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas recorded in 2016 at the legendary United Studios (Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Beck) in Hollywood, CA. It was produced by\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFather John Misty\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJonathan Wilson\u003c\/strong\u003e, with engineering by Misty's longtime sound-person\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTrevor Spencer\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eand orchestral arrangements by renowned composer\/double-bassist\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGavin Bryars\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(known for extensive solo work, and work with Brian Eno, Tom Waits, Derek Bailey).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLP1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePure Comedy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTotal Entertainment Forever\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThings It Would Have Been Helpful to Know Before the Revolution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBallad of the Dying Man\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBirdie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeaving LA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLP2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Bigger Paper Bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhen the God of Love Returns There'll Be Hell to Pay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmoochie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo Wildly Different Perspectives\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Memo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSo I'm Growing Old on Magic Mountain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn Twenty Years or So\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Father John Misty","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67844708958521,"sku":"aoo1793032735685","price":18.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/1235\/2057\/files\/pure-comedy_1.jpg?v=1793032740","url":"https:\/\/ethicalclothingstore.shop\/products\/pure-comedy","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}