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• 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 …