The crackling aura surrounding Father John Misty extends beyond his past life as a Fleet Foxes member to the music he’s now releasing as a solo artist. His 2012 Sub Pop debut, Fear Fun, features soaring, soulful folk-rock lysergically spiked with energy and intelligence. His new follow-up, I Love You, Honeybear, is an arch, sometimes brutal look at modern love that should provide plenty of fodder for Misty’s scenery-chewing live show.
Read our recent cover story with Father John Misty.