Photos: Father John Misty at the El Rey Theatre

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Father John Misty (Photo by David Benjamin)

Another stellar night in the FYF After Dark series. Tess and Dave opened the show with adorable antics, backup dancers, and delightful songs. Father John Misty’s Josh Tillman was in good spirits, and poured all his charms into a two hour set of music—which was refreshing after several shows in his recent tour turned into lectures. It’s true he has some insight into our cruel world worthy of sharing but he kept things light on Friday night. The audience melted as he played nearly every song on his albums, in addition to his most recent single, “Real Love Baby.” Tillman took phones from women in the audience and would record himself and then put the phone in his pocket. He commented on a woman’s sign because it was upside down. Then he asked if she wanted to do it over again and even replayed the last few words of the previous song.

Photos by David Benjamin