Mahashmashana is the sixth studio album by American musician Josh Tillman under the stage name Father John Misty, released through Sub Pop and Bella Union on November 22, 2024.

[4] The first iteration of "I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of Us All" was "just three verses and one chorus" but Tillman kept adding material to it, one of the additional lines he wrote, references an instance in 2018, where he turned down to appear on the cover of musical magazine Rolling Stone and they told him he was the least famous person to reject the offer.

[4] Members of the Swedish post-punk band Viagra Boys receive a co-writing credit on "She Cleans Up", with Tillman taking inspiration from their 2022 song, "Punk Rock Loser".

[13] Peter Watts of Uncut praised his vocal performance, "Tillman is an outstanding vocalist, a master of phrasing and inflection, noting the songs "Mahashmashana", "She Cleans Up", "Mental Health" and closing track "Summer’s Gone", as examples.

[18] For Record Collector Kevin Harley said that on the album, Tillman "addresses mortality with wickedly expansive style", and described Mahashmashana as "seductively fertile" and "lyrically frisky".

[17] Writing for No Depression, John Amen noted that throughout the album, "Tillman plays both Hamlet and his jester, a philosopher and satirist, a doomsdayer and Zen poet ... reaffirming his status as a distinct stylist".

[14] In an overwhelmingly positive review Kieron Tyler of The Arts Desk praised Mahashmashana: "Whoever it is – Father John Misty or Josh Tillman – has fashioned a landmark album, one flawlessly uniting style and substance".

[10] In the same vein, Clash's Emma Harrison awarded the record 9 out of 10 describing the album as "assured, emotive and luminous" and that Mahashmashana made for a "moving and captivating experience that is set to become a firm favourite for both new fans and the existing congregation that worship at the altar of Father John Misty".