Album Review: Tim Kasher - Adult Film

Tim Kasher’s second proper solo album, Adult Film, inhabits much of the same space that his other work covers.

Kasher trades The Game of Monogamy’s orchestral songs about the insecurity of love for organ-heavy songs about the insecurity of mid-life crisis, but the effect is similar.

Typically, Kasher overcomes his shortcomings with lyrics listeners connect with, but they fall flat on Adult Film.

Tim Kasher announces summer dates & new EP, coming to Chapel Hill

Singer-songwriter Tim Kasher, frontman of Cursive and The Good Life, is hitting the road again late this summer with a full band and a new EP in tow. The 7-song EP is titled Bigamy: More Songs From The Monogamy Sessions and will only be available on the tour and via Saddle Creek Records website.

The tour stops at Local 506 in Chapel Hill on Saturday, August 27. Tickets are available now via etix for $10.

Download the song "I'm Afraid I'm Gonna Die Here" from Kasher's latest full-length album The Game of Monogamy via the widget below.

Album Review: Tim Kasher - The Game of Monogamy

On his debut solo album, The Game of Monogamy, Tim Kasher tells stories about the battles nearly every man fights.

These are more than trite tales of love won and lost. Kasher explores the mindset of a man in a committed relationship and how a man comes to terms with settling down and growing older from a more mature perspective than most. His lyrics are perceptive and will invoke many “I know exactly what he’s talking about” moments.

“There Must Be Something I’ve Lost” is a brilliant example. Kasher’s character bounces between wondering if old girlfriends think about him and reminding himself that he isn’t the center of their lives. He seems to accept his own insignificance by the end of the track, but it’s an uneasy acceptance.