{"product_id":"father-john-misty-pure-comedy-deluxe-edition-2lp-ltd-ed-aluminum-copper-colored-vinyl-die-cut-customizable-jacket-poster-holographic-ha-card","title":"Father John Misty - Pure Comedy: Deluxe Edition [2LP\/ Ltd Ed Aluminum \u0026 Copper Colored Vinyl\/ Die-Cut Customizable Jacket\/ Poster\/ Holographic HA Card]","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTwo LP Deluxe Edition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2x12\" LP on aluminum \u0026amp; copper colored vinyl\u003cbr\u003eDie-cut, customizable jacket with 4 interactive \"background\" sleeves\u003cbr\u003eFold-out poster\u003cbr\u003eExclusive holographic HA card\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePure Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e, Father John Misty's third album, is a complex, often-sardonic, and, equally often, touching meditation on the confounding folly of modern humanity. Father John Misty is the brainchild of singer-songwriter Josh Tillman. Tillman has released two widely acclaimed albums - \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFear Fun\u003c\/em\u003e (2012) and \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI Love You, Honeybear\u003c\/em\u003e (2015) - and the recent \"Real Love Baby\" single as Father John Misty, and recently contributed to songs by Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, and Kid Cudi\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhile we could say a lot about \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePure Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e – including that it is a bold, important album in the tradition of American songwriting greats like Harry Nilsson, Randy Newman, and Leonard Cohen – we think it’s best to let its creator describe it himself. Take it away, Mr. Tillman:\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePure Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a species born with a half-formed brain. The species’ only hope for survival, finding itself on a cruel, unpredictable rock surrounded by other species who seem far more adept at this whole thing (and to whom they are delicious), is the reliance on other, slightly older, half-formed brains. This reliance takes on a few different names as their story unfolds, like “love,” “culture,” “family,” etc. Over time, and as their brains prove to be remarkably good at inventing meaning where there is none, the species becomes the purveyor of increasingly bizarre and sophisticated ironies. These ironies are designed to help cope with the species’ loathsome vulnerability and to try and reconcile how disproportionate their imagination is to the monotony of their existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSomething like that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePure Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e was recorded in 2016 at the legendary United Studios (Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Beck) in Hollywood, CA. It was produced by Father John Misty and Jonathan Wilson, with engineering by Misty’s longtime sound-person Trevor Spencer and orchestral arrangements by renowned composer\/double-bassist Gavin Bryars (known for extensive solo work, and work with Brian Eno, Tom Waits, Derek Bailey).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1 Pure Comedy\u003cbr\u003e2 Total Entertainment Forever\u003cbr\u003e3 Things It Would Have Been Helpful to Know Before the Revolution\u003cbr\u003e4 Ballad of the Dying Man\u003cbr\u003e5 Birdie\u003cbr\u003e6 Leaving la\u003cbr\u003e7 A Bigger Paper Bag\u003cbr\u003e8 When the God of Love Returns There'll Be Hell to Pay\u003cbr\u003e9 Smoochie\u003cbr\u003e10 Two Wildly Different Perspectives\u003cbr\u003e11 The Memo\u003cbr\u003e12 So I'm Growing Old on Magic Mountain\u003cbr\u003e13 In Twenty Years or So\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sub Pop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42066853167278,"sku":"098787120035","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/6118\/0334\/products\/mistypuredeluxe.jpg?v=1641923558","url":"https:\/\/morrowrecords.com\/products\/father-john-misty-pure-comedy-deluxe-edition-2lp-ltd-ed-aluminum-copper-colored-vinyl-die-cut-customizable-jacket-poster-holographic-ha-card","provider":"Morrow Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}