{"product_id":"father-john-misty-i-love-you-honeybear-cd","title":"Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear CD","description":"\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI Love You, Honeybear\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is a concept album about a guy named \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJosh Tillman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e who spends quite a bit of time banging his head against walls, cultivating weak ties with strangers and generally avoiding intimacy at all costs. This all serves to fuel a version of himself that his \u003cstrong\u003eself-loathing narcissism\u003c\/strong\u003e can deal with. We see him engaging in all manner of \u003cstrong\u003eregrettable behavior\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“In a parking lot somewhere he meets \u003cstrong\u003eEmma\u003c\/strong\u003e, who inspires in him a vision of a life wherein being truly seen is not synonymous with shame, but possibly \u003cstrong\u003etrue liberation\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003esublime\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eunfettered creativity\u003c\/strong\u003e. These ambitions are initially thwarted as \u003cstrong\u003ejealousy, self-destruction and other charming human character traits\u003c\/strong\u003e emerge.  Josh Tillman confesses as much all throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The album progresses, sometimes chronologically, sometimes not, between two polarities: the first of which is the belief that \u003cstrong\u003ethe best love can be is finding someone who is miserable in the same way you are \u003c\/strong\u003eand the end point being that \u003cstrong\u003elove isn't for anyone who isn't interested in finding a companion to undertake total transformation with\u003c\/strong\u003e. I won't give away the ending, but \u003cstrong\u003esex, violence, profanity and excavations of the male psyche\u003c\/strong\u003e abound.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“My ambition, aside from making an indulgent, soulful, and epic sound worthy of the subject matter, was to address the sensuality of fear, the terrifying force of love, the unutterable pleasures of true intimacy, and the destruction of emotional and intellectual prisons in my own voice.  \u003cstrong\u003eBlammo\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“This material demanded a new way of being made, and it took a lot of time before the process revealed itself.  The massive, deranged shmaltz I heard in my head, and knew had to be the sound of this record, originated a few years ago while Emma and I were hallucinating in Joshua Tree; the same week I wrote the title track.  I chased that sound for the entire year and half we were recording.  The means by which it was achieved bore a striking resemblance to the travails, abandon and transformation of learning how to love and be loved; see and be seen.  There: I said it.  \u003cstrong\u003eBlammo\u003c\/strong\u003e.” -Josh Tillman (A.K.A. Father John Misty)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sub Pop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49069679247583,"sku":null,"price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0312\/7630\/2471\/files\/FJM_ILHB_MockUp_LP_US_2000x1417_740x_6741a963-e883-4042-82ee-588eae16b544.webp?v=1738858263","url":"https:\/\/www.feelitrecordshop.com\/products\/father-john-misty-i-love-you-honeybear-cd","provider":"Feel It Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}