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Father John Misty is the James Joyce of Music

Why do we hold onto nursery rhymes? Why do we remember the fables of our childhood, or absorb the parables of old, or embrace the old wives tales that we somehow take at face value? I believe we embrace them because they are ultimately understood in the simplest of ways , as the core of the story relates to being a human, or in other words, the way the story always dissolves into pure humanity.  We disguise our greatest lessons in parable and allegory, yet we...

Hypercritical or Hypocrite- Kendrick Blurs the Line

To Pimp A Butterfly (2015) was a seminal recording. It ventured farther from the gangster and street survival tropes of Good Kid, Maad City (2012) both with it’s lyrics, themes, and sonic backdrop. There was jazz, soul, funk, and even a bit section of freeform beatnik poetry in the interlude “For Free?”. The album showed confidence in making an unconventional album with less popular appeal than previous albums. This was due in large part to the aforementioned departure from themes like...