''Adult Film'' is the second solo studio album by

Tim Kasher Timothy J. Kasher (born August 19, 1974) is an American musician from Omaha, Nebraska, and is the frontman of indie rock groups Cursive and the Good Life, both of which are on the Omaha-based record label Saddle Creek Records. Music Slowdo ...

of the bands

Cursive Cursive (also known as script, among other names) is any style of penmanship in which characters are written joined in a flowing manner, generally for the purpose of making writing faster, in contrast to block letters. It varies in functionalit ...

and

The Good In most contexts, the concept of good denotes the conduct that should be preferred when posed with a choice between possible actions. Good is generally considered to be the opposite of evil and is of interest in the study of ethics, morality, ph ...

Life, released on October 8, 2013 on Saddle Creek Records.

Critical reception

''Adult Film'' received a " weighted average" score of 69 on music review aggregation site Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews" based on nine publications. Zac Djamoos of AbsolutePunk.net and Ryan J. Prado of ''Paste'' praised the album, with Djamoos remarking, "one of the best albums of the year, and arguably his most versatile yet", and Prado commenting on the songwriting complimenting the music, that "His gifts for wrangling emotive detours from unlikely sonic realms is his best talent, but he couldn’t do that without his crafty capacity for language, too." James Christopher Monger of ''AllMusic'' found the album to be "patchwork," calling ''Adult Film'' "a smorgasbord of pop ephemera, with melodies crashing about like boozy butterflies, occasionally landing on an idea and then leaping back into the blue in search of less restrictive stimuli" and defining this as a major weakness of the album. ''American Songwriter'''s Charlie Zaillian shared similar observations, that "There aren’t many hooks to latch onto...no amount of electronic drums, thickly-layered synths, Spanish guitars and theremins can cover a humdrum set of songs."

Track listing

All songs written by Tim Kasher.

Personnel

- lead vocals, guitar, various instruments * Sarah Bertuldo - bass, vocals * Patrick Newbery - organ, keys, synths, horns * Dylan Ryan - drums

Additional personnel

Nate Kinsella Nate Kinsella (born March 19, 1980) is an American musician who currently resides in Brooklyn, New York. Nate's musical resumé is vast, including most notably projects such as American Football, Joan of Arc, Make Believe, Mata Hari and De ...

- drums * Laura Stevenson - vocals

References

External links

''Adult Film'' on Saddle Creek Records

Tim Kasher's website
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