{"id":1156,"date":"2017-01-26T13:38:25","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T13:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/?p=1156"},"modified":"2022-06-17T17:26:53","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T16:26:53","slug":"father-john-misty-pure-comedy-7april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/father-john-misty-pure-comedy-7april\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-sale of the week: Father John Misty \u2013 <em>Pure Comedy<\/em>, out 7 April"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pre-sale of the week is <a title=\"Father John Misty - Pure Comedy\" href=\"http:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/offers.php#r170407_1\"><strong><em>Pure Comedy<\/em><\/strong><\/a> by <strong>Father John Misty<\/strong>, out on <strong>7 April<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Father John Misty - Pure Comedy\" href=\"http:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/offers.php#r170407_1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"centre aligncenter\" title=\"Father John Misty - Pure Comedy\" src=\"http:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/img\/rls\/offer\/1704\/1.jpg\" alt=\"Father John Misty - Pure Comedy\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since 2012, <strong>Father John Misty<\/strong>, aka Josh Tillman, has emerged unexpectedly as a singular \u2013 if not undeniably idiosyncratic \u2013 voice. His lyrics routinely defy the presumed polarities of wit and empathy, his live performances may perhaps be described best as \u201cintimately berserk\u201d, and in interviews he seems to occupy an infuriating line between canny and total fraud. Father John Misty has cultivated a rare space for himself in the musical landscape \u2013 that of a real enigma.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Pure Comedy<\/em><\/strong> sees Tillman at the height of these powers: as a lyricist, and equally so a cultural observer. at times bordering on freakishly prescient. His bent critiques, bared humanity and gently warped classic songwriting are all here in equal measure and \u2013 at 75 minutes \u2013 there\u2019s a veritable ton of it. The album navigates themes of progress, technology, fame, the environment, politics, ageing, social media, human nature, human connection and his own role in it all with his usual candour, and in terms as timely as they are timeless.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>CD version<\/strong> is housed in a digipak sleeve, in one of four different versions, and a 24-page lyric booklet.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>standard vinyl version<\/strong> contains 2 black-vinyl LPs housed in a gatefold sleeve, in one of four different versions, plus a fold-out lyric poster and a download code.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>deluxe vinyl version<\/strong> contains 2 coloured-vinyl LPs \u2013 one copper, one aluminium \u2013 housed in a die-cut sleeve in one of four alternative versions, a plastic O-card outer sleeve, a fold-out lyric poster, a special hologram tarot card and a download code.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re offering <em>Pure Comedy<\/em> at <strong class=\"darkred\">special pre-release prices<\/strong>, which won\u2019t be available after release. <a href=\"http:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/offers.php#r170407_1\">Click here<\/a> for more details and to order your copy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pre-sale of the week is Pure Comedy by Father John Misty, out on 7 April. Since 2012, Father John Misty, aka Josh Tillman, has emerged unexpectedly as a singular \u2013 if not undeniably idiosyncratic \u2013 voice. His lyrics routinely defy the presumed polarities of wit and empathy, his live performances may perhaps be described best&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,159],"tags":[52,36,829,830,194],"class_list":["post-1156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-new-releases","category-promotions","tag-father-john-misty","tag-new-release","tag-pre-sale-of-the-week","tag-pre-sale-offers","tag-special-offer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1156"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1219,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1156\/revisions\/1219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}