The Misfit is a distinctive and gently unsettling work that extends his partnership with Sam Cohen, who produced and co-wrote 2018’s The Messenger with Miller and does the same here. Producer of Kevin Morby and Benjamin Booker and a member of the bands Yellowbirds and Apollo Sunshine, Cohen is a resourceful foil, playing all the instruments and crafting a hazy psychedelic pop setting to spotlight the understated angst in his charge’s singing. Continuing the tradition of such compelling troubadours as John Lennon and Elvis Costello, Miller draws on the natural edge in his voice to create a sense of immediacy. Sometimes ironic, sometimes self-deprecating, he seems to be telling the unvarnished truth, or at least his version of it.
For all its artful craftsmanship, The Misfit is ultimately a collection of old-fashioned love songs defined by the need to connect.
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