Father John Misty

Father John Misty – born Josh Tillman on May 3, 1981, in Rockville, Maryland – is an acclaimed indie folk singer and songwriter. His early solo career as Josh Tillman began in 2003 with the release of several self-produced CD-Rs including 2004’s I Will Return and Long May You Run, J. Tillman (2006). His album Minor Works was Tillman’s first nationally distributed album. While he continued to release solo albums – including Cancer And Delirium (2007), Vacilando Territory Blues (2009), Year In The Kingdom (2009), and Singing Ax (2010) – he joined acclaimed indie folk band Fleet Foxes in 2008 and occupied the drum stool in that band on tour as well as on the album Helplessness Blues (2011) before leaving in 2012. At that point in his career, Josh Tillman decided it was time to reinvent himself. Relocating to Los Angeles, he changed his musical direction, began performing under the moniker Father John Misty. Signing to Sub Pop Records, he released the album Fear Fun in 2012, which achieved critical acclaim. By the time he released the album I Love You Honeybear in early 2015, he had become an indie folk sensation. At this point, Father John Misty became one of the most popular artists in Americana music. He followed the success of that album with two more critically acclaimed albums – Pure Comedy (2017) and God’s Favorite Customer (2018) – both of which reached the Top 20 in the US as well as fitting comfortably in the Top 40 in many other countries including the UK, Australia, Belgium, Ireland, and Sweden. In 2020, he released the Anthems + 3 EP and the limited live album Off-Key In Hamburg while he spent time writing and prepping for his next studio opus. Four years after the release of his last studio album, Father John Misty returned in March 2022 with Chloe And The Next 20th Century, a delightful collection of songs that solidifies his reputation as one of America’s finest songwriters.

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