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Joshua Tillman is US songwriter Father John Misty

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Father John Misty, Pure Comedy (Bella Union)

Joshua Tillman, aka Father John Misty, is a US songwriter who has, perhaps to the surprise of even his most admiring fans, contributed his talents to the likes of Lady Gaga and Beyoncé. Frankly, you’d never guess that from this album – or, indeed, 2015’s I Love You, Honeybear. If that record was Tillman’s amuse bouche, a forensically detailed if unconventional outline of relationships, ...