I Love You, Honeybear
by Father John Misty
- Type: Album
- Released: 10 February 2015
- Label: Bella Union, Sub Pop
- Country: United States
- Length: 44:48
- Community rating: 3.57/5 from 21 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
On 'I Love You, Honeybear', Josh Tillman frames a concept album about love and marriage with a sound that expands his folk-songwriter base into lush, grand orchestral-pop, produced alongside Jonathan Wilson. The lyrics navigate a complex emotional landscape, juxtaposing caustic, self-aware irony on tracks like "Bored in the USA" with moments of intense, sincere romanticism, a dynamic mirrored in arrangements that range from string sections and mariachi horns to intimate ballads.
Genres
Descriptors: literate, satirical, orchestral, dark-humor, conceptual, male-vocals, melodic, storytelling
Tracklist
- I Love You, Honeybear (04:38)
- Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins) (02:51)
- True Affection (03:56)
- The Night Josh Tillman Came To Our Apt. (03:36)
- When You're Smiling And Astride Me (04:33)
- Nothing Good Ever Happens At The Goddamn Thirsty Crow (04:34)
- Strange Encounter (04:19)
- The Ideal Husband (03:35)
- Bored In The USA (04:22)
- Holy Shit (04:01)
- I Went To The Store One Day (04:23)
Credits
- Father John Misty - primary artist, vocals, art direction
- Josh Tillman - lead vocals, guitar, piano, drums, production, art direction, written-by
- Jonathan Wilson - primary artist, guitar, keyboards, production, mixing
- Benji Lysaght - primary artist, guitar
- Keefus Ciancia - primary artist
- Farmer Dave Scher - lap steel guitar
- Elizabeth Bacher - violin
- Dan Horne - bass
- Paul Jacob Cartwright - string arrangement, mandolin arrangement, interlude arrangement
- Phil Ek - mixing
- Bryce Gonzales - engineer
- Greg Calbi - mastered by
- Sasha Barr - art direction
- Alia Penner - artwork [inside]
- Emma Elizabeth Tillman - photos, photography by
- Stacey Rozich - paintings
- Adam Ayan - remastered in 2024