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Father John Misty Returns With New Single “The Payoff”
Josh Tillman, as Father John Misty, has released "The Payoff," a dense psych-rock single arranged by Drew Erickson and mixed by Michael Harris.
Josh Tillman returned today with a new song, “The Payoff”, the follow-up to January’s single “The Old Law.”
The track arrives as a dense, eerie wall of sound. It pairs melting strings, gravel-fed guitars, and wide chord changes with a scale that recalls The White Album in its grandiosity and grit.
“The Payoff” was composed by Tillman. It was arranged by Drew Erickson, who also co-produced it with Tillman. Michael Harris mixed and engineered the song at Fivestar Studios in Topanga, CA. The track was mastered by Adam Ayan Mastering.
The song keeps expanding outward through cavernous reverb and layers that bloom and collapse, producing the sweeping dynamics of classic psych-rock epics.
Toward the end Tillman repeats “There’s nothing you can do.” He also sings “waiting for the payoff / It’s coming soon,” lines that read as both refrain and promise.
Listen below.
