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The Game of Monogamy

Tim Kasher

The Game of Monogamy

First album of indie rock in an orchestral setting from the former Cursive frontman

ADM rating[?]

6.4

Label
Saddle Creek
UK Release date
05/10/2010
  1. 8.0 |   BBC

    An overblown, almost absurdly confident and superbly affecting record
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  2. 8.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Kasher has never been this lyrically poignant and cohesive
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  3. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    There are no great surprises here in terms of lyrical content, but few contemporary songwriters do misery as well as Tim Kasher
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  4. 8.0 |   Uncut

    As poetry alone, it's interesting, but the music's elegance makes it something more. Print edition only

  5. 8.0 |   AU Review

    The mood is closest to Bright Eyes or Villagers; hushed, layered, experimental yet prone to outbursts of fierce emotion – and rather excellent
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  6. 7.0 |   No Ripcord

    This is considerably more poppy than what you’d expect from Cursive, and it’s clear: Kasher has never been content with playing it safe
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  7. 7.0 |   Spin

    Quite a convincing cry for help
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  8. 6.6 |   Pitchfork

    Saddle Creek should...have put a warning on saying "do not combine with alcohol or listen to while operating within heavy relationships."
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  9. 6.0 |   Q

    Print edition only

  10. 4.0 |   Slant Magazine

    The music switches between dry and histrionic. The lyrics are flat and repetitive
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  11. 4.0 |   Sputnik Music (staff)

    Everything sounds nice enough (and with "No Fireworks" he even hits it out of the ballpark), but something about the album just doesn't sit right
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  12. 4.0 |   PopMatters

    If this teaches us anything, it’s that Kasher is at his best when his ideas are being bounced off of others, tweaked into the services of a band rather than his vision alone
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  • 5. Cold Love £0.99
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  • 7. There Must Be Something I’ve Lost £0.99
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