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Father John Misty, Real Love Baby - Single ยฉ Subpop

3.5 out of 5 stars

Father John Misty (aka J. Tillman) follows up his masterful LP I Love You, Honeybear with enjoyable, soulful single, โ€œReal Love Baby.โ€

Father John Misty delivered an underappreciated masterpiece with 2015 album, I Love You, Honeybear.ย  Honeybear made Starpulseโ€™s Best Albums of 2015, compiled by yours truly. ย Now, Father John Misty, aka J. Tillman, returns with single, โ€œReal Love Baby.โ€

โ€œReal Love Babyโ€ has an old school vibe through and through. This is very apparent on the chorus musically and lyrically:

ย โ€œI want real love baby / ooh, donโ€™t leave me waitingโ€ฆโ€

As always, Tillman sounds terrific vocally. Furthermore, Love the vocal production surrounding his voice is superb. For the most part, โ€œReal Love Babyโ€ is pretty straightforward, particularly for Father John Misty.ย  Thatโ€™s a blessing and a curse.ย  Still, โ€œReal Love Babyโ€ get one cool, intellectual musical moment at the end, when the two distinct sections of the song are played simultaneously.

Final Thoughts

While โ€œReal Love Babyโ€ isnโ€™t quite as captivating as the majority of I Love You, Honeybear, it is sound a quite enjoyable. Well sung, and simply, but well written, itโ€™s another rock-solid song from J. Tillman. Itโ€™s not transcendent, but respectable.

Father John Misty โ€ข Real Love Baby โ€“ Single โ€ข Subpop โ€ข Release: 7.29.16
Photo Credit: Subpop

 

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the musical hype aka Brent Faulkner has earned Bachelor and Masters degrees in music (music Education, music theory/composition respectively). A multi-instrumentalist, he plays piano, trombone, and organ among numerous other instruments. He's a certified music educator, composer, and a freelance music journalist. Faulkner cites music and writing as two of the most important parts of his life. Notably, he's blessed with a great ear, possessing perfect pitch.

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