Tim to release solo album this October!
TIM & HIS BAND WILL HEADLINE THE TONIC ROOM IN CHICAGO ON 7/27
Tim Kasher is set to release his debut solo album, The Game Of Monogamy, on October 5th, 2010 via Saddle Creek. Recorded this past January in Whitefish, MT, at SnowGhost Music and in his rental home in the small town, the album marks the first time Kasher has written, recorded, and produced an album under his own name.
The Game Of Monogamy is more of an arranged record than any of Kasher’s past releases, filled with theatrical arrangements and lush instrumentation to create his own blend of classic pop. Ornamented with strings, harp, oboe, flute, and trombone, among other instruments, the songs vary in sound from vibrant and catchy (“Cold Love,” “I’m Afraid I’m Gonna Die Here”) to sweeping and grand (“No Fireworks,” “Monogamy”), and from hushed and spare (“Strays,” “The Prodigal Husband”), to urgent and fraught (“A Grown Man,” “Bad, Bad Dreams”). This moody orchestral pop evokes a 1950s-esque, conservative atmosphere, setting the stage for a dilemma that remains thoroughly modern. The protagonist’s arc in The Game of Monogamy spans the wide range of distinctly human emotions tangled up around relationships in a starched shirt society. Call it the score for our collective sexual plight: expression routinely becomes repression in the name of romance.
Kasher enlisted Patrick Newbery (trumpet/keys for Cursive; also of Lacona and Head of Femur) to help with the arrangements, the production, and to play on the record. Friends Erin Tate (Minus The Bear) and Matt Maginn (Cursive) also stopped by to add some drum and bass parts, respectively, and members of the Glacier National Symphony were recruited for the classical instrument parts.
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posted by cursive on 7/20/10
CONCERT FOR EQUALITY: FIGHT THE FREMONT LAW!
Bright Eyes, Desaparecidos, Cursive and more to perform at ACLU Benefit Concert in Omaha, Nebraska
On Saturday July 31st, 2010 in Omaha, NE, several bands including Bright Eyes, Cursive, Desaparecidos (their first live performance since 2002), and Lullaby For The Working Class will gather together to fight for equality by playing a benefit show for the ACLU Nebraska. There will be two shows, an outdoor day time show commencing at 5pm at Downtown Benson, as well as a late night show at the Waiting Room in Omaha, NE. Tickets to the daytime show are $20. Additionally there are a limited number of Deluxe Packages available for $50 which allows access to both shows.
Please join these activists and musicians in fighting against the Fremont Law.
For ticketing information: www.onepercentproductions.com
For more information on ACLU Nebraska: http://www.aclunebraska.org/
posted by cursive on 7/06/10
NEW SINGLE ‘DISCOVERING AMERICA’ NOW AVAILABLE!
Today our new single, ‘Discovering America,’ arrives at major digital music retailers. The song is a caustic appraisal of the mistreatment of the American Indian community and we will be donating all profits from its sale to the American Indian College Fund, the nation’s largest provider of private scholarships for American Indian students (www.collegefund.org). An exclusive stream of “Discovering America” premiered on Stereogum yesterday; check it out here.
posted by cursive on 3/08/10
Brand new song, “Discovering America”, will be available 3/9!
Digital release of a new song, “Discovering America”, will be available from Saddle Creek via all major digital outlets. All profits from this single will be donated to the American Indian College Fund. Check em out:
With its credo “Educating the Mind and Spirit,” the Denver-based American Indian College Fund is the nation’s largest provider of private scholarships for American Indian students, providing more than 6,000 scholarships annually for students seeking to better their lives and communities through education at the nation’s more than 30 accredited tribal colleges and universities. For more information about the American Indian College Fund or to make a donation, visit www.collegefund.org…..
Come out and see Cursive on tour with Alkaline Trio now, tour dates here.
posted by cursive on 2/23/10
Tim Kasher (Solo) benefit for Haiti
Tim Kasher will play a benefit for Haiti on February 10th at the Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles. Also appearing are Pete Yorn and Craig Wedren. Hope you can attend and contribute to this worthy cause.
posted by cursive on 2/03/10
