Tim Kasher

Songwriters

Tim Kasher

Tim Kasher, with his bands Cursive and The Good Life or as a solo artist, has continuously pushed musical boundaries over his career, which has produced 17 LPs and EPs over 20 years. His fearless attitude is easily evident: he’s known for switching up sounds between his bands or his solo work (even switching up sounds on each project’s albums), crafting intricate concept albums (two of which – Cursive’s 2003 LP The Ugly Organ and 2012 LP I Am Gemini – featured play-like stage directions), and transforming songs originally conceived as a soundtrack for his self-penned screenplay into a standalone album (The Good Life’s 2007 release Help Wanted Nights).Kasher’s forthcoming third solo album No Resolution (which will also be the first release from 15 Passenger, the new label founded and run by Cursive) is no exception, delivering what is arguably his most ambitious and intrepid work to date.No Resolution is the natural continuation of Tim Kasher’s constantly evolving body of work. It is his most cinematic creation, a moving and cathartic collection of soundscapes that feels more like a suite of movements than a standard pop album, complete with instrumental breaks conjoining the nine songs. Fittingly, the 15 pieces will be featured in Kasher’s directorial debut film of the same name, which he also wrote, to be released later this year. Across the album’s strong story the characters – an engaged couple on the brink of a break up – grapple with the specific and the broad, including the restlessness of adulthood and smothering external pressures; relationships in various states of transition and the walls built within them; distrust, indecision, and despair; and the existential anxiety that drives a deep need to leave a mark on the world.

Filled with lush arrangements, No Resolution is some of the most beautiful and finely orchestral music from Kasher, yet it is also his most subdued and understated work. The string arrangements that dominate the album don’t simply hang in the background or accent the pretty melodies, they move the songs forward and force out the melodies as guitars do in traditional hard rock music. There is also a warm sophistication to No Resolution, with its fluid vibraphone tones, and also exhibits Kasher’s deft pop hand, with sudden horn blasts and dynamic shifts.

Kasher recorded the album at The Hobby Shop (with Andrew ‘mudrock’ Murdock) and at home in Los Angeles, CA, the Shape Shoppe in Chicago, IL (with Nick Broste), and at ARC Studios in Omaha, NE (with Ben Brodin), with additional arrangements by Patrick Newbery (Cursive, Oquoa) and percussion arrangements by Dylan Ryan (Sand, Rainbow Arabia).

Releases

Tim Kasher No Resolution

Not Over You Prelude
Runts
Break Me Open
No Secret
An Answer For Everything Prelude: Jean Kills the Party
Holding Out
Runts Reprise: Wandering Eyes
Hollow
No Secret Reprise: Meet Shawna and Tracy
Messes
An Answer For Everything
Holding Out Reprise: Heading Out
Post Script
Hollow: Kyle's Smoke
Not Over You

Tim Kasher Adult Films

American Lit
Truly Freaking Out
Where’s Your Heart Lie
The Willing Cuckold
Life and Limbo
Lay Down Your Weapons
You Scare Me To Death
A Raincloud is a Raincloud
A Looping Distress Signal
A Lullaby, Sort Of

Tim Kasher Fragile Bipedal

Fragile Bipedal
As the Bus Runs Late on a January Day

Tim Kasher Truly Freaking Out

Truly Freaking Out
King of the Hill of Beans

Tim Kasher The Game Of Monogamy (With Bigamy: More Songs From The Monogamy Sessions)

Monogamy Overture
A Grown Man
I'm Afraid I'm Gonna Die Here
Strays
Cold Love
Surprise, Surprise
There Must be Something I've Lost
Bad, Bad Dreams
No Fireworks
The Prodigal Husband
Monogamy
No Harmony
Opening Night
A Bluer Sea
Lilybird and the Trust Fund Kid
Rabbit, Run
The Jessica
Trees Keep Growing

Tim Kasher Bigamy: More Songs From The Monogamy Sessions

No Harmony
Opening Night
A Bluer Sea
Lilybird and the Trust Fund Kid
Rabbit, Run
The Jessica
Trees Keep Growing

Tim Kasher Delirium Tantrums

Delirium Tantrums
Tightropes, Guillotines, Thin Ice, Landslides

Tim Kasher The Game of Monogamy

Monogamy Overture
A Grown Man
I'm Afraid I'm Gonna Die Here
Strays
Cold Love
Surprise, Surprise
There Must Be Something I've Lost
Bad, Bad Dreams
No Fireworks
The Prodigal Husband
Monogamy

Tim Kasher Cold Love

Cold Love
Just Don't Get Caught