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Apr 25, 2018 By Christopher Roberts Father John Misty

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Father John Misty (aka Josh Tillman) is releasing a new album God’s Favorite Customer, on June 1 via Sub Pop worldwide (except for Europe, where it’s on Bella Union). Now he has shared a new video for the album’s first single, “Mr. Tillman” (which was first shared back in February and was one of our Songs of the Week). Jeff Desom and Carlos Lopez Estrada directed the video, which features Tillman checking into a creepy hotel but then getting stuck in a time loop. Watch it below, followed by his upcoming tour dates.

Details of God’s Favorite Customer leaked a little early last week and then the next day Tillman officially announced the album and shared two more songs from it, “Just Dumb Enough to Try” and “Disappointing Diamonds Are the Rarest of Them All.” When “Mr. Tillman” was initially shared it was via a basic official audio YouTube post that midway through turned into a goofy video of Tillman dancing in front of a green screen, with footage of hotel lobbies and bars behind him. Then he released the raw green screen footage.

Tillman produced God’s Favorite Customer, which was recorded with Jonathan Rado, Dave Cerminara, and Trevor Spencer. It was written largely in New York between Summer 2016 and Winter 2017. The album will be available in various formats: CD, digital, cassette, standard black vinyl, and “the limited Loser edition on metallic purple vinyl.”

Father John Misty released his last album, Pure Comedy, in April 2017 via Sub Pop (it was Under the Radar‘s #1 Album of 2017 So Far in our midyear wrap up and #9 in our final Top 100 Albums of 2017 list).

Father John Misty appeared on the cover of Under the Radar‘s Spring 2017 Issue.

Read our 2017 cover story interview with Father John Misty.

Read our 2017 cover story bonus Q&A with Father John Misty.

Also read our rave review of Pure Comedy.

Pure Comedy was the follow-up to Father John Misty’s excellent 2015-released sophomore album, I Love You, Honeybear. I Love You, Honeybear, was Under the Radar’s #1 album of 2015. Consequently, Father John Misty was on the cover of our Best of 2015 print issue and you can read that cover story article here. Also read our earlier 2015 print article on Father John Misty and our earlier 2015 bonus Q&A with Tillman (also read our 2012 interview with him).

Father John Misty Tour Dates:

Apr. 28 - Cincinnati, OH - The National Homecoming Festival at Smale Park
Apr. 29 - Fort Worth, TX - Fortress Festival
May 11 - Bloomington, IN - Granfalloon: A Kurt Vonnegut Gathering! at Upland Brewing Company (solo show)
May 25 - Belfast, IE - BBC Music The Biggest Weekend
May 26 - Halifax, UK - The Piece Hall
May 27 - London, UK - All Points East Festival
May 28 - Dublin, IE - Vicar Street
May 29 - Dublin, IE - Vicar Street
May 30 - Dublin, IE - Vicar Street
Jun. 01 - Barcelona, ES - Primavera Sound Festival
Jun. 02 - Nimes, FR - This is Not A Love Song Festival
Jun. 03 - Paris, FR - We Love Green Festival
Jun. 05 - Warsaw, PL - Palladium
Jun. 07 - Porto, PT - Primavera Sound Festival
Jun. 08 - Aarhus, DK - NorthSide Festival
Jun. 10 - Hilvarenbeek, NL - Best Kept Secret Festival
Jun. 12 - Oslo, NO - Sentrum Scene
Jun. 14 - Bergen, NO - Bergenfest
Jun. 15-17 - Hunter, NY - Mountain Jam
Jun. 16 - Minneapolis, MN - Rock The Garden Festival! at Walker Art Center
Jun. 24 - Hollywood, CA - Hollywood Bowl*
Jul. 13 - Louisville, KY - Forecastle Festival
Jul. 20 - Jacksonville, OR - Britt Pavilion
Jul. 22 - Seattle, WA - Capitol Hill Block Party
Jul. 27 - New York, NY - Panorama Music & Arts Festival
Aug. 01 - Raleigh, NC - North Carolina Museum of Art Park Theater ^
Aug. 04 - Toronto, ON - Historic Fort York & Garrison Commons $
Aug. 10-12 - San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands Festival
Aug. 15 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre**
Aug. 17-19 - Omaha, NE - Maha Music Festival
Sep. 09 - Vancouver, BC - SKOOKUM Festival
Nov. 03 - Groningen, NL - TakeRoot Festival
Nov. 09-10 - Weissenhäuser Strand, DE - Rolling Stone Weekender
Nov. 16-17 - Rust, DE - Rolling Stone Park

* w/ Gillian Welch
** w/ TV on the Radio
^ w/ Jenny Lewis
$ supporting The National

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