The Older I Get the Funnier I Was, which follows Thomas’ brilliant 2020 HBO special The Golden One and his Can't Believe You're Happy Here EP released earlier this year, surveys a range of emotion and offers a broad sonic palette, moving between pop punk, electro, and the obvious influence of the singer-songwriters he grew up listening to in early childhood. It conjures the ennui of Bright Eyes alongside the barefaced storytelling of John Prine, the overstuffed lists of Fred Thomas with the lackadaisical humor of Colleen Green, among many others.
Thomas attributes the dexterity of the record to Duterte, who recorded and engineered most of it in addition to serving up plenty of encouragement when Thomas got down on the process. “As a comic, I used to test out new songs during sets to see if the funny bits were hitting, but since I wrote this in isolation I ended up writing lyrics and worrying less about making jokes,” Thomas says.
Tracklist:
1. Most Likely
2. Rigamarole
3. Everything That Feels Good Is Bad
4. Big Truck
5. Pop Fly
6. Cooler When I'm Sick
7. Whitmer Thomas and Al Menne - Pinwheel
8. Stick Around
9. Whitmer Thomas and Dan Reeder - South Florida
10. navel gazey
11. Bushwhacked
2. Rigamarole
3. Everything That Feels Good Is Bad
4. Big Truck
5. Pop Fly
6. Cooler When I'm Sick
7. Whitmer Thomas and Al Menne - Pinwheel
8. Stick Around
9. Whitmer Thomas and Dan Reeder - South Florida
10. navel gazey
11. Bushwhacked
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