Video: Father John Misty, ‘Bored in the USA’ (live on ‘The Late Show with David Letterman’)

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We don’t generally post live videos here, but Father John Misty’s appearance Monday night on “The Late Show With David Letterman” was too precious not to share. FJM, aka Josh Tillman, performed the new song “Bored in the USA” with a 22-piece orchestra and a strong dose of his subversive hilarity. The news, of course, is that he has a new album, “I Love You, Honeybear,” coming Feb. 10. Recorded with producer Jonathan Wilson, it’s the follow-up to 2012’s “Fear Fun,” and he calls it “a concept album about a guy named Josh Tillman 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 self-loathing narcissism can deal with. We see him engaging in all manner of regrettable behavior.” Until he meets a girl named Emma, Father John explains. In fact, in the album announcement, Father John explains a lot about the album, and he says “blammo” a couple times. Maybe you’ll want to read the press release; it’s better than we could do here. There’s a song titled “Nothing Good Ever Happens At the Goddamn Thirsty Crow” too. We can relate.

||| Live: Father John Misty performs Feb. 9 at the Roxy, supported by Guy Blakeslee.

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