Another 2015 entry in the barrage of usually-detached-artists-delivering-alarmingly-personal-records category, Father John Misty's I Love You, Honeybear has the unique distinction of being the album most likely to make you both laugh out loud and sob uncontrollably. Like, completely-lose-your-shit, first-five-minutes-of-UP cry. Hypothetically speaking, of course. No album this year was more unflinchingly cynical, unashamedly saccharine, or self-aware. As personal as the songs are, each phrase is delivered cooly. Detached and from a distance, while also sitting right next to you at the bar. Such is Josh Tillman's (aka Father John Misty) schtick. It's a good one, too, because it serves as an excellent source of misdirection that allows the lyrics to really land. Hard. The Andy-Kaufman-esque Late Night performance of "Bored in the U.S.A." might serve as a proper introduction for those unacquainted with his persona. "They gave me a useless education. Subprime loan. Craftsman home. Keep my prescriptions filled. Now I can't get off, but I can kind of deal." Each line beautifully sung, followed by canned laughter, while Tillman disinterestedly looks on. It's amazing what you can say when you act like you don't care.
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