Listen to Father John Misty’s Trippy New Single, “Mr. Tillman”

Father John Misty has come out of nowhere to release a trippy new tune. Misty recently debuted “Mr. Tillman,” a standalone single, at a live show in Tokyo, Japan, with the fan-made recording of the performance making its circulations through the internet last week. Now, the singer-songwriter has given us the official studio version of the song.

In “Mr. Tillman,” Misty steps outside of himself to narrate the story of the character Mr. Tillman, as told by a hotel staff member. Mr. Tillman seems to be a caricature in some ways, a questionable-minded person who lives in his own world, leaving his mattress out in the rain after sleeping on the balcony and viewing the rest of the hotel clientele as extras in a movie, rehearsing lines. Needless to say, the hotel staff seem to be tired of this peculiar customer and his antics.