Father John Misty teams up with director Noel Paul again, in this new video for “I’m Writing A Novel“. Paul directed “Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings“, which starred Aubrey Plaza, and here he uses a hilarious patchwork of footage to show off Josh Tillman‘s wry humor and frowzy charisma. Bearded, slightly disheveled, and often smoking, Tillman looks every bit the shambolic novelist on a bender, as he waxes poetic about a beautiful woman driving a hearse, or hint’s at the possibility of a larger metaphoric meaning for his work. As Tillman explained to Richard Metzger and Casey Wescott in Paula Zabrey’s Sub Pop write-up for Father John Misty,
“I lost all interest in writing music, or identifying as a songwriter. I got into my van with enough mushrooms to choke a horse and started driving down the coast with nowhere to go. After a few weeks, I was writing a novel, which is where I finally found my narrative voice. The voice that is actually useful.”
The result was the 2012 LP Fear Fun (Sub Pop), on which you can find the tracks “I’m Writing A Novel”, as well as “Hollywood Forever…”, but, really, I’m still hoping we’ll get some psychedelically inspired mess of a work like Dylan’s Tarantula! Ok, maybe not. Father John Misty hits the road again this October, so don’t miss the dates below!
Father John Misty 2013 Fall Tour:
10/06 Seattle, WA @ The Moore Theatre &
10/07 Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theatre &
10/08 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore &
10/12 Chicago, IL @ The Vic &
10/13 Madison, WI Capitol Theatre &
10/14 Pontiac, MI Crofoot &
10/22 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer &
10/23 Washington, DC 9:30 Club &
10/24 Richmond, VA The National &
10/25 Chapel Hill, NC Cats Cradle &
10/26 Athens, GA Georgia Theatre &
10/28 Dallas, TX House of Blues &
10/29 Austin, TX Emos &
10/31 Phoenix, AZ Crescent &
11/01 San Diego, CA House of Blues &
11/02 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern &
& = w/ Kate Berlant
