The Good Life

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The Good Life started out as a means for Tim Kasher to use a songwriting approach that differed from his other projects (namely, Cursive), but it didn’t take long for the solo project to become a band, and for that band to finally come into its own.

The Good Life’s sound has evolved from the refined, quiet pop of the first full-length, Novena on a Nocturn, to the moody hooks of 2002’s Black Out, to the sing-along anthems of divorce and disillusionment found on the recent Lovers Need Lawyers EP. The sum of these parts is found on Album of the Year.

Album of the Year brings all that is the sound of The Good Life to fruition – catchy, moody pop rock that fluctuates between the all-ages club and the smoky cabaret, right alongside sing-along crescendos that spin into cinematic bursts. In short, every song has a plan – every song is going someplace, and lyrically, going there will inevitably involve leaving, being left, or leaving in anticipation of being left. Kasher’s ability to cleverly turn an innocuous phrase into a malicious slur of ill will leaves you not knowing whether to laugh or cry, all the while giving you the distinct impression that you’ll be quoting him at some point down the road. With that said, could Album of the Year just as well be called Break-up Album of the Year? Maybe. But that would limit it to being compared only to other break-up albums, and, well, it can hold its own.

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Black Out
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Lovers Need Lawyers
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Top Tracks

1	Album of the Year	615
2	Inmates	346
3	Night and Day	322
4	Under a Honeymoon	308
5	Lovers Need Lawyers	300
6	You're Not You	295
7	October Leaves	281
8	Heartbroke	272
9	A New Friend	258
9	You're No Fool	258
11	Needy	244
12	Notes in His Pockets	234
13	Two Years This Month	199
14	Your Share Of Men	179
15	You Don't Feel Like Home to Me	170

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akarra wrote:
yesterday afternoon

I don't know if you guys will like this, but I've been thinking about "You Don't Feel Like Home To Me" a lot, and wonder what the emotions in there say about us generally: http://www.ashokkarra.com/2008/10/beyond-adultery-on-the-good-lifes-you-dont-feel-like-home-to-me/

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nebenan wrote:
yesterday evening

well, i can't expect everyone to have a good taste in music. but yet i do.

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nebenan wrote:
Sunday evening

it's not like there were 3 other albums and an ep, no

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nebenan wrote:
Sunday evening

changed my mind. i'm not sorry.

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nebenan wrote:
Sunday evening

i'm sorry for the spam.

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nebenan wrote:
Sunday evening

i just noticed how bad the top tracks really are. scary

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nebenan wrote:
Sunday evening

people please stop listening to album of the year! it's a bad song! really really really bad! listen to inmates instead. that one's really god!

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nebenan wrote:
Sunday evening

don't say something like that. it goes tim kasher = god

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sayler wrote:
Sunday morning

the good life > cursive am i alone here?

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Gustaf_H wrote:
last month

Hey, If you like bands like cursive bright eyes hella blonde redhead, mars volta, radiohead? you will love the swedish band Act Strange Myspace.com/actstrange, i have spend a really long time composeing this songs so i do not mind if you listen. /Gustaf

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Gustaf_H wrote:
last month

if you like The good life you will truly love act strange http://www.myspace.com/actstrange

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nebenan wrote:
last month

god, i love... music

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paulomureb wrote:
last month

theres a candle just waiting to burn... and... melt...

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nebenan wrote:
last month

looking at the top tracks makes me hate album of the year. :) i hate it! hate hate hate

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Milligram_Smile wrote:
last month

Most days, yes, it is perfect.

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brownboxes wrote:
last month

O'Rourke's, 1:20 A.M. is perfect ..

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GinaRae wrote:
last month

I have more plays than the top listeners. Why does Last.FM hate me? ilu Tim Kasher<3

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Fettegott wrote:
August 2008

<333

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nebenan wrote:
August 2008

love love LOVE

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KingSteven16 wrote:
August 2008

Is it special where you are? A xanadu or shangri-la? Is it anything like Omaha?

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