Like one of those optical-illusion drawings from a novelty shop Its an old crone!

No, its a pretty lady with a feather in her hat!

Father John Mistys true essence has always been a mystery.

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Credit: Sub Pop Records

Is he an earnest troubadour plumbing the depths of folk sincerity?

Or a sly Andy Kaufman art joke, a Dada trickster in a fitted blazer?

Only the man born Josh Tillman knows for sure, and hes too clever or cryptic to tell.

Ill take it easy with the morbid stuff, he promises (falsely) on like Dont Die.