Josh Tillman has always understood the power of a room, and an intimate afternoon set at Third Man’s Blue Room, recorded direct-to-acetate on a vintage Scully lathe, suits his sardonic confessional style better than any studio polish could. Captured just hours before a sold-out Ryman show, the performance offers a rare unguarded version of an artist whose studio records are meticulously constructed affairs.

In September last year, Josh Tillman stopped by our Nashville headquarters on anotherwise ordinary Tuesday afternoon and surprised us all with a lunchtime solo,acoustic set before his sold-out Ryman Auditorium performance. We, of course,had our 1955 Scully Lathe warmed at the ready to capture the occasion.

As is typical for direct-to-acetate recordings in the Blue Room, Josh warmedup the room (and our engineers) with two songs before we started cutting theLP. He began with the debut performance of his newly penned Mr. Tillman(foreshadowing its release as the fi rst single on Gods Favorite Customer 9 monthslater). We then used the second song as an opportunity to carve a 12 on-the-spotsingle of Now Im Learning to Love the War, which was promptly handed it to alucky attendee for safe keeping. If you want to know more about that, youll haveto scour the depths of FJMs fan net.

Live at Third Man Records covers songs from all three Father John Misty albumsout at the time of its recording, heard here stripped totally bare.

Tracklist

Side A

1.I Love You, Honeybear2.I’m Writing A Novel3.Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings4.Chateau Lobby #4 (In C For Two Virgins)

Side B

1.So I’m Growing Old On Magic Mountain2.Holy Shit3.Everyman Needs A Companion

UPC: 813547026569
Label: Third Man Records
Release Date: 9.28.18
Format: LP Vinyl