Rather than showcasing a track off his new album Mahashmashana, Josh Tillman opts for an acoustic ballad about a mouse that died
Father John Misty visited The Late Show Thursday to debut a new song titled “The Dead Mouse One.”
Rather than showcasing a track off his new album Mahashmashana, the singer-songwriter instead opted for an exclusive performance of an acoustic ballad about, as the title suggests, a mouse that died.
“A stupid little heartbreak / I knew you for a day / Brought you a little water / And call you by a name,” Father John Misty sings. “And hoped you were only trembling because you were lost and so afraid.”
Soon after, the singer born Josh Tillman reveals that the mouse’s demise — brought forth by “a handyman who had to spray” — and then burying the creature, who ultimately inspired the unreleased song.
In addition to Mahashmashana — which was unfortunately overshadowed by a new Kendrick Lamar album, again — Father John Misty also recently celebrated Valentine’s Day with a 10th anniversary reissue of I Love You, Honeybear, an edition that included his rendition of Nirvana’s “Heart-Shaped Box.”
Father John Misty is in the midst of a North American tour that will conclude tomorrow, March 1, with a gig in Washington, D.C. The trek will then venture to Europe before Tillman returns stateside for another U.S. leg beginning in July.
