Tim Kasher's debut solo album The Game Of Monogamy is another example of the solid Saddle Creek Records roster. Already renowned for his literate and thematic songwriting with bands Cursive and The Good Life, the album is Kasher's first release under his own name.
The Game Of Monogamy is more of an arranged record than any of his previous releases and has been catching the attention of the press, including Alternative Press (4-star review), Spin, USA Today, The A.V. Club, and Filter, among others. The album - filled with deceptively catchy classic pop, sweeping, grand arrangements, and alternately stark and lush instrumentation - explores the wide range of distinctly human emotions tangled up around relationships in a starched shirt society. The Game Of Monogamy was written and recorded in Whitefish, MT, last winter, co-produced by Kasher and Patrick Newbery (of Cursive, Lacona, Head Of Femur; who also helped with the arrangements and plays on the record). Erin Tate (Minus The Bear) and Matt Maginn (Cursive) also contributed drum and bass parts, respectively, and members of the Glacier National Symphony added classical instrument parts.
Sunday November 21st 2010
Blind Pig
208 1st St
Ann Arbor MI