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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.
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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aestheticx7 wrote:
we started laughing til' it didn't hurt.
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nebenan wrote:
Today one year ago I was really drunk and doing my english homework after a great The Good Life concert. ja, ich geh ins Bett
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wormygomez wrote:
hey guys gals this site is to realate not.....................................................................................................................................you know what the fuck i mean
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Congradulations wrote:
so this place is for everyone to share music and to help others find what they are looking for! and to recommend :D http://www.last.fm/group/Apophenia
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trueblue128 wrote:
Help Wanted Nights is alright, but Black Out trumps it in standards of melody.
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FromTheMinaret wrote:
The good life is Nebraska's state slogan (where they are from)
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baumgreen wrote:
i am on or am i in?
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VeryFuzzyBunny wrote:
Do they take their name from the Weezer song? Or just the term The Good Life?
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instantlemonade wrote:
interesting stuff here
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DampedVirus wrote:
Everyone has such odd taste in music. Album of the Year is amazing! As well as their other albums, Help Wanted Nights, etc., etc. I don't exactly have a favorite since they all are equally emotional and perfectly written. I do like in Help Wanted Nights, however, Stefanie's more prolific role with her bass in a lot of songs. Go The Good Life!
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Poprocksz wrote:
well like 49 but hey it's a lot better than inmates
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Poprocksz wrote:
album of the year is not bad ok im about a hundred of those six hundreds
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akarra wrote:
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:
well, i can't expect everyone to have a good taste in music. but yet i do.
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nebenan wrote:
it's not like there were 3 other albums and an ep, no
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nebenan wrote:
changed my mind. i'm not sorry.
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nebenan wrote:
i'm sorry for the spam.
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nebenan wrote:
i just noticed how bad the top tracks really are. scary
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nebenan wrote:
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:
don't say something like that. it goes tim kasher = god
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