Father John Misty

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• Father John Misty - "Mahashmashana" | versatone.substack.com
Father John Misty is one of those names that I have been seeing everywhere for the last year or so.

• Review: Father John Misty’s “Mahashmashana” is one heck of a complex but beautiful, fascinating ride | commfailure | Dec. 13, 2024, 7:23 p.m.
Father John Misty’s November 2024 release, “Mahashmashana” (thank you, copy and paste), is a masterclass in existential storytelling. It is also an exploration in musical artistry…

• Father John Misty: Embracing the Cringe | substack.com
Review of his latest album ‘Mahashmashana’

• Father John Misty Beautifully Chronicles Our Messed-Up World | PopMatters
Father John Misty has come as close to perfecting his artistry as anyone can. 'Mahashmashana' is a masterpiece of exceptional songwriting and performance.

• Album Review: Mahashmashana by Father John Misty | Medium | Dec. 10, 2024, 10:43 p.m.
Josh Tillman’s existential new album is his eccentric attempt to grapple with his own identity through baroque psychedelia.

• Album Review: Father John Misty – Mahashmashana | ACRN.com | Dec. 9, 2024, 4:46 p.m.
By Kourtney Gierke, Contributor [Sub Pop; 2024] Rating: 9/10 Key Tracks: “I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of Us All,” “She Cleans Up,” “Mahashmashana” The highly anticipated Mahashmashana album from …

• “Mahashmashana” is not my favorite Father John Misty album | The Observer
Released Nov. 22, “Mahashmashana” is the sixth studio album by Josh Tillman under the moniker Father John Misty. Like Tillman’s previous albums, “Mahashmashana”—an anglicization of the word for “cremation ground” in Sanskrit—manages to balance a deeply cynical tone alongside a surprising amount of emotional depth. Let me start with what I liked. Tillman’s lyricism sparkles,...

• Father John Misty – (2024) Mahashmashana  | Dalton Koss HQ | Dec. 5, 2024, 10:33 p.m.
It’s Friday 6th December 2024, and it’s almost the end of another year, I don’t mean to bring you all down but that’s another 365 days completed of crawling to the inevitable falling off the existe…

• Father John Misty – Mahashmashana | Axl's Catch Groove | Dec. 5, 2024, 7:31 p.m.
2024 Father John Misty (FJM) née Josh Tillman’s new album, Mahashmashana, returns to Fear Fun and I Love You, Honeybear territory, but with a fresh new take on his smarmy lounge singer mystiq…

• Father John Misty Returns with ‘Mahashmashana’ | Off the Record Press
The indie-rock singer gets existential in his sixth studio album.

• Father John Misty - Mahashmashana | The Needle Drop | Dec. 3, 2024, 3:56 p.m.
Josh Tillman rebounds nicely on Mahashmashana.

• Father John Misty: Mahashmashana review – a superb chronicler of life’s perverseness | The Guardian | Nov. 29, 2024, 11:30 a.m.
Josh Tillman ties together the misery, wit and showmanship of his previous albums on a set laced with strings and swagger

• Album Review: Father John Misty – Mahashmashana | Belwood Music | Nov. 28, 2024, 5:05 p.m.
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• Father John Misty Drops "God's Trash" in Humorous Response To Kendrick Lamar Surprise Dropping 'GNX' on The Same Day as His Album | HYPEBEAST | Nov. 25, 2024, 9:20 a.m.
FJM and Lamar have released albums on the same day in 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2022.

• Father John Misty - Mahashmashana | DIY | Nov. 20, 2024, 7:55 a.m.
Striking a compelling balance between the epic and the intimate.

• Father John Misty : Mahashmashana | Album review | Treble | Nov. 25, 2024, 4:04 a.m.
On his sixth album 'Mahashmashana', Father John Misty finds freedom in chaos while pushing his songs to new depths

• Father John Misty drops new Kendrick Lamar "diss track" after rapper releases new album on the same day as him | NME | Nov. 23, 2024, 9:12 a.m.
Father John Misty drops new Kendrick Lamar "diss track" after rapper releases new album on the same day as him

• Father John Misty discusses his new album 'Mahashmashana' | WWNO | Nov. 23, 2024, 1:06 p.m.
NPR's Scott Simon talks with musician Father John Misty — real name Josh Tillman — about his new album. Its title comes from a Sanskrit word, "Mahashmashana."

• Time won't make a fool of Father John Misty on the nihilistic but never despairing Mahashmashana | The A.V. Club
Time won't make a fool of Father John Misty on the nihilistic but never despairing Mahashmashana

• 'Mahashmashana' just might be Father John Misty's last album : World Cafe Words and Music Podcast | NPR
Father John Misty's Josh Tillman explains why his sixth studio album feels like an ending.

• Father John Misty: Mahashmashana Review - enlightened heights | Indie | The Line of Best Fit
Befit with steadfast piano ballads, Mahashmashana is interspersed with standout collaborators widening Father John Misty’s artistic palette.

• Father John Misty says 'Mahashmashana' "feels like his last record" | The Needle Drop | Nov. 23, 2024, 1:24 a.m.
This is Misty's sixth studio album, following the release of 2022's 'Chloë and the Next 20th Century'.

• Review | Father John Misty - Mahashmashana | Clunk Magazine | Nov. 22, 2024, 11:05 a.m.
A 50 minute whirlwind of 8 songs, 'Mahashmashana' scintillates and delights - just like any sweeping cinematic project should

• Mahashmashana, Father John Misty | Tortoise | Nov. 22, 2024, 7:13 a.m.
The title for the sixth album from Josh Tillman, aka Father John Misty, is very much on-brand for the poster boy of soft rock. Mahashmashana is an anglicisation of the Sanskrit word for the “great cremation ground” encountered before death, symbolising the cycle of life. You may eye-roll at a Western musician choosing such a …

• Father John Misty: Mahashmashana | Spectrum Culture | Nov. 22, 2024, 6:07 a.m.
With a lyrically dense and sonically diverse assortment of songs, Father John Misty’s sixth album is brilliant and moving — a record that can be interpreted in various ways that all relate to the human condition.

• Indiecast On The New Father John Misty Album | UPROXX | Nov. 22, 2024, 12:11 p.m.
Steven and Ian also recommend new albums by 22° Halo and Lee Baggett.

• Father John Misty Keeps The Zany Musical Dynamics Alive With 'Mahashmashana' (ALBUM REVIEW) | Glide Magazine | Nov. 21, 2024, 6:28 a.m.
His last release Greatish Hits: I Followed My Dreams and My Dreams Said to Crawl was completely unnecessary. Father John Misty is one of the few artists

• ALBUM REVIEW: Father John Misty – Mahashmashana | Narc. Magazine
Robert Nichols discovers a magical album full of depth and exuberance

• Father John Misty - 'Mahashmashana' album review | Far Out Magazine | Nov. 21, 2024, 10:02 a.m.
On his new album, 'Mahashmashana', Father John Misty brings together every previous chapter and each previous version of the artist on this expansive release.

• Album Of The Week: Father John Misty 'Mahashmashana' | Stereogum | Nov. 19, 2024, 6:25 p.m.
Mistyheads can exhale. The album we’ve been waiting for is here.

• Father John Misty: Mahashmashana review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week | The Guardian | Nov. 21, 2024, noon
The singer-songwriter sticks to apocalyptic first principles on his sixth album, couching contemporary chaos in soaring ballads and discofied yacht rock

• Father John Misty Mahashmashana Review: A bleak but joyfully delivered vision of the apocalypse | Mojo
Josh Tillman’s latest grand orchestral apocalyptic vision is bleak but joyfully delivered. Read MOJO's review and the tracklist in full.

• Father John Misty - Mahashmashana | Northern Transmissions | Nov. 21, 2024, 1 p.m.
Mahashmashana by Father John Misty album review by David Saxum for Northern Transmissions. The LP drops on 11/22 via Sub Pop/Bella Union

• Father John Misty - Mahashmashana | Reviews | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews | Clash Magazine | Nov. 21, 2024, 12:43 p.m.
Some things in life are inevitable, taxes, love and of course death - a theme that is explored in stunning fashion across Father John Misty's new album

• Father John Misty: Mahashmashana | Pitchfork
Read Anna Gaca’s review of the album.

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