Father John Misty's first album in four years is out this week. Here's our review of 'Chloë and the Next 20th Century'
. Although Tillman’s music is fun to talk about online because of its excess and decadence, his delightfully outsized personality has taken a backseat, allowing his new album to speak for itself and for listeners to engage with it on their own terms.
Written and recorded in the final quarter of 2020, Tillman reunited with his longtime collaborator and co-producer Jonathan Wilson. Tillman also worked with Drew Erickson, whose rich string arrangements lend the album a level of earnestness that can occasionally rival Father John Misty’s sophomore outing,. Tillman can be witty and sardonic, but he’s often at his most affecting when he’s sincere.
At the end of album closer, “The Next 20th Century,” Tillman decides that, though we may live in dire circumstances, he’ll try to enjoy what he does have: “I don’t know ‘bout you / But I’ll take the love songs / If this century’s here to stay.” “Goodbye Mr. Blue” sees him reckoning with love and depression, exploring the dissolution of a relationship through their pet cat, the only common ground they share now.
Whether these songs are autobiographical or not is difficult to deduce, as this batch of heartfelt tracks doesn’t impede Tillman from adopting a fictional style every now and then. For instance, “Q4” is a narrative about a writer listening to book editors’ opinions on the “semi-memoir” she penned about her sister’s death. On “Olvidado ,” Tillman sings in a little Spanish about how words fail him when he’s falling for someone.
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