2017 Blog
Release of the Month: Father John Misty "Pure Comedy" Deluxe + Standard Edition
When Father John Misty announces that is working on a new album we're always buzzing, ready for a new a new creative adventure. We love his music but for us, the excitement comes from waiting to see what incredible packaging concept will accompany his new release. he wants to have this time. After the dioramic, "meta-musical funtime" gatefold jacket with pop up sleeve (take a breath) of I Love You Honeybear what could be next??
If you're a fan you probably saw him unboxing the deluxe version of the album in his bathrobe (if not, scroll down and watch it NOW!)
Pure Comedy, was released on April 7th on Bella Union and through Sub Pop in the US, featuring a Deluxe Edition, and 4 different versions of the standard LP.
The front/back covers and gatefold feature a gargantuan original piece (his first ever commission of its kind) by Ed Steed (The New Yorker).
The deluxe 2xLP version is on aluminium & copper colour vinyl with a die-cut customizable jacket & 4 interactive “background” sleeves, all encased in a clear slipcase. The package also includes a fold-out poster and an exclusive holographic tarot card.
The 2xLP gatefold version is available in 4 cover variations on black vinyl.
The CD gatefold digipak with slipcase is available in 4 cover variations.
Cover variations for the standard LP and CD are randomly distributed so you can collect them all!
Available to buy from Bella Union.
"Pure Comedy 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.
Something like that."
Josh Tillman.