★★★★★
Release Date: April 30, 2012 Yes, I realize this review is nearly a year late. You have to believe me (and the rating), that If I'm still determined to write my first "perfect" review for an album that came out almost a year ago, I'm not exaggerating when I tell you that Father John Misty (also known as Joshua Tillman, solo artist and ex-drummer of Fleet Foxes) has created one of the most beautiful records in recent history...
- absolutepunk.net
2013-08-19
★★★★★
Buy it from Buy the CDFATHER JOHN MISTYFEAR FUN LP (VINYL) EUROPEAN BELLA UNION 2012BELLA UNION, Vinyl This is Josh Tillman's eighth album, but it's remarkable what a change of stage name (from J Tillman) and scene (he moved from Seattle to Los Angeles) can do, because Fear Fun leaves his previous work in the dust...
- www.guardian.co.uk
2012-12-20
★★★★★
For all their stark and fragile resonance, neither album that Joshua Tillman had previously released in the UK - Vacilando Territory Blues and , both issued in 2009 - suggested ' drummer was destined for a solo career. In fact, as diligent Tillman fans knew, the latter of the two was already his sixth; and a seventh, Singing Ax, followed in 2010. Still, when Josh decided to leave the über-successful Seattlites, it seemed a bit risky. But he clearly knew something we didn't...
- www.bbc.co.uk
2013-04-23
★★★★★
Although many know Joshua Tillman as the drummer for Fleet Foxes, his departure from that group earlier this year wasn't much of a surprise, considering he had a thriving solo career prior to joining up with the Seattle folk-rockers. Father John Misty is Tillman's new identity, but there's still plenty on this debut album for Fleet Foxes fans to latch onto. Mostly it's in the cathedral-echo vocals, as well as Tillman's heavily spiritual lyrics...
- exclaim.ca
2012-06-28
★★★★★
There are very rare instances when a musician leaves an established band to focus on a more personal project that ends up living up to his former band's standards. There are even fewer instances where that musician ends up (arguably) surpassing them. Brent Knopf achieved that very feat this year with Ramona Falls' Prophet, which has exceeded anything Menomena has done. Now J...
- www.popmatters.com
2012-06-11
★★★★★
"I'm writing a novel," Josh Tillman sings on Father John Misty's debut, and those who've bought a physical edition of the album will note that he's not speaking metaphorically: there are long swaths of prose to accompany your listening experience. Later on the album, "Tee Pees 1-12" features a lyrical nod to Richard Brautigan, and it's not much of a stretch to say that, with this project, Tillman found a musical equivalent to Brautigan's equally pastoral and surrealist prose...
- dustedmagazine.com
2012-06-04
★★★★★
Album ReviewsTom Dozois Recommend This Page By: Tom DozoisAlbum Rating: 10 I have been in a bit of a slump in 2012 with my music. I'm not sure if it is just a matter of me not finding the right stuff to listen to or if there is a lack of great albums being released. I've been itching for my first ten star review, but nothing has inspired me. That is, not until I heard Father John Misty's album Fear Fun...
- www.syffal.com
2012-05-28
★★★★★
Even before he joined Fleet Foxes in 2008, Josh Tillman had established a sound that made virtues of austerity and quiet, pitching his songs at a slow pace that at best bristled with prickly intensity or at worst lulled nearly into nonexistence...
- pitchfork.com
2012-05-14
★★★★★
Josh Tillman bears an old soul. And not just in his wise-beyond-his-years demeanor. He's crotchety, riddled with existential angst and a dimming worldview. On his Sub Pop debut, the self-anointed and self-aware Father John Misty bemoans everything from his birth name ("Everyman Needs a Companion") to the petroleum it takes to press vinyl records ("Now I'm Learning To Love the War")...
- www.austinchronicle.com
2012-05-14