Ladies and gentlemen, a great album will be on the market on Friday, God’s Favorite Customer. It isn’t an album of Father John Misty rockers or pop songs, but instead may be more somber than Pure Comedy. The difference is that there is a raw, urgent quality to these songs, even in moments of near quiet. The songs sound wounded, but also occasionally offer pockets of clarity amidst a fractured period of time. “I’m treading water as I bleed to death,” Tillman sings in its opener, “Hangout At The Gallows.” And fittingly enough, bloodstains are all over these songs.
(Stereogum)