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Sub Pop recently issued a deluxe version of Father John Misty's album featuring a "bulging thickness" in the packaging that warped the vinyl beyond repair. But, says Robert Barry, this is just the latest in a rich history of self-destroying art
From his first discovery of The Velvet Underground to a cruise with Father John Misty, via mixtapes personally compiled for him by Spacemen 3 and encounters with Alex Chilton, Pulp’s Mark Webber takes Jonathan Wright through his favourite records