Editing Tim Kasher (section)

=== The Good Life ===
{{Main|The Good Life (band)}}
[[The Good Life (band)|The Good Life]] was originally planned to be a solo project. Kasher wanted to experiment with different types of lyrics and melodies.<ref name=":7">{{cite web|title = Feels Like The First Time: Cursive's Tim Kasher reconvenes the Good Life|url = http://substreammagazine.com/2015/11/feels-like-the-first-time-cursives-tim-kasher-reconvenes-the-good-life/|website = Substream Magazine|access-date = 2015-11-26|archive-date = November 26, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151126173018/http://substreammagazine.com/2015/11/feels-like-the-first-time-cursives-tim-kasher-reconvenes-the-good-life/|url-status = dead}}</ref> He released ''[[Novena on a Nocturn]]'' under the name the Good Life on [[Better Looking Records]] in 2000, five months after Cursive's ''Domestica''.<ref name=":7" /> ''Novena on a Nocturn'' touched on the same themes of ''Domestica'', mainly ones of divorce and loss, and was noted in reviews for Kashers intense focus on his lyrics and personal storytelling.<ref>{{cite web|title = The Good Life: Novena on a Nocturn|url = https://www.popmatters.com/review/goodlife-novena/|website = PopMatters|access-date = 2015-11-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title = The Good Life - Novena On A Nocturn|url = https://www.punknews.org/review/51/the-good-life-novena-on-a-nocturn|website=Punknews.org| date=March 9, 2001 |access-date = 2015-11-26}}</ref> 2002's ''[[Black Out (The Good Life album)|Black Out]]'' was also a mostly solo effort with friends assisting in the recording, and was released on Saddle Creek Records. As with ''Novena'', the album was noted for its focus on melodies and lyrics, with Dan Ocean of ''Punk News'' describing the sound as "a slower paced Cursive with some electronica and an abundance of hooks."<ref>{{cite web|title = The Good Life - Black Out|url = https://www.punknews.org/review/2093/the-good-life-black-out|website=Punknews.org| date=July 15, 2003 |access-date = 2015-11-26}}</ref>

After using the Good Life as essentially a side project, Kasher decided to make the Good Life a full-fledged band.<ref name=":7" /> Kasher recruited [[Ryan Fox (musician)|Ryan Fox]], Roger Lewis, and [[Stefanie Drootin|Stefanie Drootin-Senseney]] and released ''[[Album of the Year (The Good Life album)|Album of the Year]]'' in 2004.<ref name=":7" /> Despite his intention to make the Good Life a band in its own right, Kasher still retained most creative control over the band for much of ''Album of the Year''<ref name=":7" /> and similarly for 2007's ''[[Help Wanted Nights]]'', described by ''[[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]]''<nowiki/>'s Eric Harvey as "two consecutive concept albums dealing with boozers and their second homes."<ref>{{cite web|title = The Good Life: Help Wanted Nights|url = https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10648-help-wanted-nights/|website = Pitchfork|access-date = 2015-11-26}}</ref>

The Good Life took a break after 2007. Kasher released two albums with Cursive and two solo albums before reconvening the Good Life in late 2013. This time Kasher approached the Good Life with recording the album as a band, with all members contributing to the process of writing the songs.<ref name=":7" /> The result was the rock-oriented ''[[Everybody's Coming Down]]'', released in September 2015.