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 � Cat�s Cradle &
10/26 � Athens, GA � Georgia Theatre &
10/28 � Dallas, TX � House of Blues &
10/29 � Austin, TX � Emo�s &
10/31 � Phoenix, AZ � Crescent &
11/01 � San Diego, CA � House of Blues &
11/02 � Los Angeles, CA � The Wiltern &
& = w/ Kate Berlant
