Father John Misty releases video for “Funtimes in Babylon,” perfume called “Innocence, by Misty” (playing Union Transfer on 6/8)

Father John Misty put things quite bluntly in a comment for his new video of “Funtimes in Babylon” off of last year’s stellar Fear Fun:

Music videos don’t need blurbs. It’s like putting a brief summary before a Garfield comic strip. Also when did everyone start calling them ‘clips’? A ‘clip’ is an excerpt of a whole, I thought. Whoever post’s this, don’t spoil the ending in your blurb, which will probably read like this: “Seattle based folk beardo Father John Murphy mopes around a deserted, apocalyptic landscape (and shows off some of those infamous dance moves) in this Josh Tillman directed clip for ‘Funtimes In Babylon’.

Keeping the curveballs coming, the Seattle / L.A. musician has announced the release of perfume called “Innocence, by Misty” in conjunction with SANAE Intoxicants (the same company that released Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s line earlier this year).  According to the company, Tillman’s scent “has pure botanical fragrances of Sweet Orange Oil, Tunisian Neroli, Mimosa Absolute, Violet Absolute, Jasmine Grand, Bourbon Vanilla, and Linden Blossom.”

Watch both the “Funtimes in Babylon” video and a promo for the fragrance below.  Father John Misty will headline Union Transfer on Saturday, June 8th; tickets and information can be found here.