Father John Misty (aka J. Tillman) follows up his masterful LP I Love You, Honeybear with enjoyable, soulful single, โReal Love Baby.โ
Father John Misty delivered an underappreciated masterpiece with 2015 album, I Love You, Honeybear.ย Honeybear made Starpulseโs Best Albums of 2015, compiled by yours truly. ย Now, Father John Misty, aka J. Tillman, returns with single, โReal Love Baby.โ
โReal Love Babyโ has an old school vibe through and through. This is very apparent on the chorus musically and lyrically:
ย โI want real love baby / ooh, donโt leave me waitingโฆโ
As always, Tillman sounds terrific vocally. Furthermore, Love the vocal production surrounding his voice is superb. For the most part, โReal Love Babyโ is pretty straightforward, particularly for Father John Misty.ย Thatโs a blessing and a curse.ย Still, โReal 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 โReal Love Babyโ isnโt quite as captivating as the majority of I Love You, Honeybear, it is sound a quite enjoyable. Well sung, and simply, but well written, itโs another rock-solid song from J. Tillman. Itโs not transcendent, but respectable.
Father John Misty โข Real Love Baby โ Single โข Subpop โข Release: 7.29.16
Photo Credit: Subpop