Josh Tillman

Vocalist/songwriter J. Tillman’s music paints languid, unfortunately gorgeous portraits of like and life within the margins using the moody depth of Nick Drake as well as the country-influenced textures of Ryan Adams. Tillman 1st produced a name for himself playing drums in a set of indie rock rings, Saxon Shoreline and Stately, while going to college in NEW YORK. In his free time, nevertheless, he started writing materials of his personal, citing the music of Nick Drake and Pete Seeger as well as the writings of Flannery O’Connor as essential influences. A few of Tillman’s demos discovered their method to Damien Jurado, who asked Tillman to become listed on his band for any tour. Tillman performed single sets during many dates within the tour and started distributing CD-R copies of an early on collection of music called I’LL Return. Through the tour, he also struck up a companionship with Eric Fisher, who created another CD-R recording, Very long May You Operate. Both Tillman and Jurado later on signed on for any U.S. tour with Richard Buckner, where Tillman once more discovered a ready target audience for home-burned copies of his disk. In 2006, the self-employed Fargo Information label released Tillman’s 1st properly distributed single album, Minor Functions, and Keep Information reissued I’LL Come back and Long Might You Run like a two-disc arranged the same yr. In 2007, Yer Parrot Information released Tillman’s 4th, more elaborately organized album, Cancer tumor and Delirium. Although his single work continuing to garner vital acclaim, Tillman briefly shifted concentrate in 2008 by signing up for Fleet Foxes. The group toured intensely to get its debut record; meanwhile, Tillman continuing focusing on his very own material, launching Vacilando Place Blues and Calendar year in the Kingdom in ’09 2009. In 2011, he still left Fleet Foxes to focus on his many single projects, implementing the pseudonym Dad John Misty for 2012’s well-received Dread Fun, a 12-monitor collection of brand-new materials that infused the harmony-laden hymns of his previous band using a patina of Gram Parsons and Harry Nilsson-informed, Laurel Canyon-inspired, neo-psychedelia.