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J. Tillman

J. Tillman is Josh Tillman, who first appeared in the early 2000s. He was part of Fleet Foxes for a while, contributing vocals and songwriting to that band's...

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J. Tillman's quiet, haunted folk before Father John Misty

The early solo work of Josh Tillman, before he became Father John Misty.

For the mood of this period, try 'Year in the Kingdom' or 'Labourless Land'. They capture that quiet, folk-leaning sound he was working with before everything changed.

This is the material he made under his own name before the Father John Misty persona took over. Songs like 'Firstborn' and 'New Imperial Grand Blues' have a spare, haunted quality that feels more personally direct than his later work. It's a different chapter, less polished and more introspective.

He first appeared in the early 2000s and was part of Fleet Foxes for a while. After going solo in 2009, he put out albums like 'Vacilando Territory Blues' and 'Singing Ax' before shifting to the Father John Misty name in 2012.

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J. Tillman is Josh Tillman, who first appeared in the early 2000s. He was part of Fleet Foxes for a while, contributing vocals and songwriting to that band's sound before going solo under his own name in 2009. His early solo records like 'Vacilando Territory Blues' and 'Year in the Kingdom' leaned into folk and country textures with a quiet, introspective feel.

Songs like 'Year in the Kingdom' and 'Labourless Land' from that period have a spare, haunted quality. He left Fleet Foxes in 2012 and later began recording under the name Father John Misty, taking his music in a more theatrical, satirical direction. The J. Tillman material feels like a different chapter, less polished, more personally direct.

He put out a handful of albums as J. Tillman, including 'Singing Ax' in 2011, before shifting focus. That work sits apart from the Father John Misty persona, anchored in simpler arrangements and a more subdued vocal delivery.

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