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Joshua Tillman (born May 3, 1981) is an American folk singer, guitarist and songwriter. He is also the former drummer for the Philadelphia-based band Saxon Shore (2001 to 2004) and the Seattle-based band Fleet Foxes (2008 to 2012). He departed the Fleet Foxes to focus on his solo album under the moniker Father John Misty.

After dropping out of college in New York, Josh Tillman moved to Seattle and spent a year paying rent by freelance writing and donating plasma. Befriending Eric Fisher (Damien Jurado, Rosie Thomas) while on tour in the fall on 2004, Tillman coerced him into recording what would become “I Will Return,” a full-length reminiscent of the southern-gothic writings of Flannery O’Conner and the music of Nick Drake and Pete Seeger. The CD-R would be distributed and promoted word-of-mouth in paper sleeves while on the road (with acts such as Damien Jurado, Dolorean and Saxon Shore) for over a year until spring 2005 when KEEP Recordings offered to release a limited, special edition run of the record. Tillman continues to record constantly, finshing a full-length with Fisher entitled ” Long May You Run, J. Tillman.”

Tilman’s fifth solo album Vacilando Territory Blues featuring his mournful vocals, backed by sparse and doleful acoustic guitar with occasionally understated piano, bells and violin was well-received critically in 2008 before release and earned him comparisons to Nick Drake.

Since then, Tillman has released ‘Year In The Kingdom’ (Western Vinyl, 2009) and ‘Singing Ax’ (Western Vinyl, 2010).
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  • GuitaristSB

    @LTHMPLS, I could not agree more.

    19 days ago

  • LTHMPLS

    The new music is brilliant. The attitude that came with it is lamentable.

    23 days ago

  • UrsoJr

    show

    last month

  • pobgirl5

    I always felt like J. Tillman was writing for himself rather than the masses, but unfortunately, while some of his stuff is beautiful and lovely, other songs are dreary and boring. I actually think the few new songs I've heard from him are great. He has such a great voice as well, I saw him live a few years ago, just terrific.

    last month

  • Strepsirrhini

    Actually, that was a little harsh of me. I do like a couple of his new songs. I just lament for all this LA rockstar stuff.

    last month

  • Strepsirrhini

    Wow, I am really disappointed by his new music + 'relaunch'. It's like he is having some kind of premature mid-life crisis or something. And this is coming from someone who listened to his music almost exclusively a year or so ago - it had an honesty and simplicity about it that was hard to find anywhere else. But hey, what do I know. I guess his new image etc will get him more listeners, and as long as he is happy that is what matters. I feel a bit sad about it though.

    last month

  • UrsoJr

    SHOW

    March 2012

  • twostonedkids

    i love this lo fi acoustic stuff for some reason. Minimalistic music is really starting to catch my attention

    February 2012
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