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The Mad Genius Of Father John Misty

The singer takes aim at all of humanity on his sprawling new masterwork Pure Comedy.
Josh Tillman, as Father John Misty, isn't always easy to love. <em>Pure Comedy</em> knows that.

, the latest album from , is a sprawling masterwork that sounds, at times, like the quietly calm, self-assured delirium of a mad genius. You'd need a wall chart straight out of to map the vast matrix of ruminations he unspools over "When I write songs, I'm opening the door to madness."

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