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The Good LifeAlbum Of The Year Saddle Creek/Stomp The Good Life has never been so much a side project as a fully realised band for Cursive front man Tim Kasher. Cursive can be loud, abrasive, and fits very much in the emo mould. The Good Life is a much lower key affair, though Kashe's no less emotional here. Following on the 'Lovers Need Lawyers' EP, 'Album Of The Year' documents the passage of a year, with one song for each month. Kasher laments about broken and breaking relationships over a variety of acoustic instruments. The most interesting melodies include the accordion-waltz of Night And Day, while horns build slowly behind You're No Fool and Under A Honeymoon. Definite highlight of the collection is Inmates, an epic duet with Bright Eyes flutist Jiha Lee, sung from the female perspective. While the track runs for well over nine minutes, it never gets boring, building to its final refrain, "I can't be your prisoner," but without resorting to heavy guitars, either. It's not quite album of the year, but it's going into this reviewer's top five. A good enough result, considering that Kasher's ambitions would not have been so bold. Each song is a poetic, teary, tale worth hearing; and that's all that I needed.  |
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