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.

The follow-up to this year’s Lovers Need Lawyers EP features Tim Kasher, Stefanie Drootin, Ryan Fox, and Roger Lewis, as well as a guest vocal performance on "Inmates" from former The Good Life member Jiha Lee.

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The Good Life is also a recent Nels Cline live project based on the music of Ornette Colleman. The other band memebers are: Ben Goldberg on clarinet, John Dietrich on electric guitar, Trevor Dunn on electric bass and Scott Amendola on drums.
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The Good Life Lyrics


04 Always a Bridesmaid In pile of unpaid bills There's a letter sent from Philadelp…
04 an acquaintance strikes a chord He broke his old guitar. He couldn't make it sing. The s…
04. O Rourke S 1 20 Am It's different when you're lonely, The whole world's in love…
07- Black Out You try too hard For the perfect beginning You're so let d…
09. Drinking With The Girls You thought you had it made Like the songs would write…
10 I hate it when you say you need me. You don't…
12- Don't Make Love So Hard You said you're a wreck, you get so upset You said…
12-Two Years This Month It's been two years this month since the last time…
30- Waiting On Wild Horses When the horses come to drag me away, I won't fuss…
6What We Fall For I'll try to describe the way that it felt to Tell…
6What We Fall For... I'll try to describe the way that it felt to Tell…
A Dim Entrance Send me to bed. My head's drowning out the thick and…
A Golden Exit I can see the chill in the air between us. I…


A Little Bit More You flipped the sign in your window But, baby, are you…
A New Friend A Valentine's Day party, I didn't think you'd show. You…
A02 Beaten Path Yesterday came and went and I wasn't present The weeks were…
Ad Nausea All my life I′ve felt such discontent For every big achievem…
After O I hate it when you say you need me. You don't…
After O'Rouke's 2:10 A.M. I hate it when you say you need me. You don't…
After O'Rourke's 2:10 A.M. I hate it when you say you need me. You don't…
After O'Rourkes 2 10 Am I hate it when you say you need me. You don't…
Aftercrash What strange and lovely dreams Crashing through the streets…
Album of the Year The first time that I met her I was throwing…
Always A Bride's Maid In pile of unpaid bills There's a letter sent from Philadelp…
An Acquaintance Strikes a Chord He broke his old guitar. He couldn't make it sing. The s…
Beaten Path Yesterday came and went and I wasn't present The weeks were…
Black Out You try too hard For the perfect beginning You're so let dow…
black out 2 You try too hard For the perfect beginning You're so let d…
Diving Bell Fare the well Please don′t let'em tip my diving bell I′m lo…
Don't Make Love So Hard You said you're a wreck, you get so upset You said…
Drinking With the Girls You thought you had it made Like the songs would write…
Early Out the Gate What you're looking for is never what you find Nothing ever…
Empty Bed I hate it when you say you need me. You don't…
Entertainer I'm not an artist, I'm an asshole without a job, making mo…
Everybody Everybody′s riding the Ferris wheel And the pentacle's gorge…
Flotsam Locked into a Groove Every chandelier of every twinkling golden year Has gathered…
For the Love of the Song I thought I'd start this simple song with something you cou…
Forever Coming Down Each ticker tape parade is followed by a broom brigade To…
Friction Friction nightclubs, nightstalkers Fast women, fast talkers…
Haunted Homecoming Well here I am, yeah, I'm back again In the town…
Heartbroke Who wouldn't notic the fire in your eyes Or the…
Holy Shit Holy shit The sun is set The moon on the parapet Of a…
Househunting I tried to be curt Tried not to be callous I tried…
How Small We Are Oceans and Mountains A puddle and an anthill What′s the diff…
I Am an Island Mostly I sleep it off It's easier in the morning To shrug…
Inmates When you said you loved me, did you really love…
Keely Aimee Keely Aimee sat next to me My hair stood up on…
Leaving Omaha On Stage at the Orpheum waiting for a diploma Lookin' 'round…
Little Bit More A You flipped the sign in your window But, baby, are you…
Lotta Love La la la la la la la la la Ooh It's going…
Lovers Need Lawyers I swear to speak the whole truth, nothing but the…
Needy You never fell for me, You fell for how it…
New Year's Retribution 1994 A girl pukes out the window on her car door Her…
Night and Day I know a girl with cuts on her legs. I…
Notes in His Pocket Drunk at the bar at last last call My baby's home…
O'Rouke's 1:20 A.M It's different when you're lonely, The whole world's in love…
October Leaves I stumbled in at three a.m., but you didn't want…
Off the Beaten Path Well I'm trying to be patient But the wheels keep turning…
On The Picket Fence Things are good We should take a polaroid, a memento Befor…
ORoukes 1:20 A.M It's different when you're lonely, The whole world's in love…
Playing Dumb There's no talk of future plans There's no romance There's…
Rest Your Head What are you really after? What are you hoping to gain? If…
Skeleton Song I can feel it in my bones It′s hidden Somewhere deep within…
So Let Go We could recognize our faults We could admit when we’re wro…
Some Bullshit Escape Called in sick for work Said the fevers getting worse There'…
Some Tragedy I must’ve seemed to you a shipwreck I looked at you,…
Tell Shipwreck I'm Sorry they're draining all the pools they're flooding down the str…
The Beaten Path Yesterday came and went and I wasn't present The weeks were…
The Competition He met this girl from reno Whose life was a competition. …
The Moon Red Handed Tell me, dear, Is there anything you'd like to hear? One l…
The New Denial I can't do this anymore: Stay in, black out, hit the…
Thirty-Year Evaluation You don't know You don't know how hard it's been I've trie…
Twenty Two "bon voyage" was something that I once said and eventually …
Two Years This Month It's been two years this month since the last time…
Under a Honeymoon You look at me like you've been saved From another one…
Waiting on Wild Horses When the horses come to drag me away, I won't fuss…
What We Fall For When We're Allready Down I'll try to describe the way that it felt to Tell…
What We Fall For When We're Already Down I'll try to describe the way that it felt to Tell…
What We Fall For... When We're Already Down I'll try to describe the way that it felt to Tell…
You You're trying to remember why you cut all your hair.…
You Don't Feel Like Home to Me He sees her face The highway signs The traffic lights And…
You're Not You You're trying to remember why you cut all your hair.…
You're No Fool Is he out with your cousin again? Don't you know where…
You'Re Not You You're trying to remember why you cut all your hair.…
Your Birthday Present Tell me, dear, Is there anything you'd like to hear? One la…
Your Share Of Men I'm sure you've had your share of men I'd be honored…


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