- folk rock
- 44 min
- 12 tracks
- Bella Union
Fear Fun is the debut studio album released by American folk musician Josh Tillman under his pseudonym Father John Misty. It was released on April 30, 2012, in the UK and Europe by Bella Union, and in the rest of the world on May 1, 2012, by Sub Pop. Produced by both Tillman and Jonathan Wilson, the album was released following Tillman's departure from Fleet Foxes.
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Character-led, spare, classical in form and intimate.
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- resolvedopen-ended
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Metacritic 83/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 7.6/10
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubB
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- The Independent5/5 ★
- MSN Music (Expert Witness)B+
- NME8/10
- Pitchfork7.3/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Spin7/10
- Uncut8/10
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Tracks
- 1Funtimes in Babylon3:40
- 2Nancy From Now On3:54
- 3Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings3:11
- 4I’m Writing a Novel3:35
- 5O I Long to Feel Your Arms Around Me2:23
- 6Misty’s Nightmares 1 & 23:13
- 7Only Son of the Ladiesman4:09
- 8This Is Sally Hatchet3:58
- 9Well, You Can Do It Without Me2:43
- 10Now I’m Learning to Love the War4:17
- 11Tee Pees 1–123:17
- 12Everyman Needs a Companion5:20
12 tracks, 44 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Father John Misty
- Label
- Bella Union
- Released
- April 30, 2012
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- GB
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