The Good Life (band)

This article is about the band formed in 2000. For the 1990s band, see Dave Tweedie.

The Good Life is an indie rock band on Saddle Creek Records.

The Good Life
Tim Kasher, lead singer for The Good Life
Background information
Origin	Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Genres	Indie rock • indie pop • folk rock • emo • indietronica
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Saddle Creek, Better Looking
Members	Tim Kasher Stefanie Drootin Ryan Fox Roger Lewis
Past members	Jiha Lee Landon Hedges Mike Heim

Started as a solo project of Cursive's frontman Tim Kasher, The Good Life quickly grew to become its own established group. The original intent of The Good Life was to provide Tim Kasher with a vehicle to perform songs that did not fit stylistically in with his long-running band Cursive. Kasher fronts the group and plays the part of the singer/songwriter. The other members of the band include Stefanie Drootin, Ryan Fox, and Roger Lewis.^[1]

The Good Life has its core in those four musicians, but besides Kasher can be a rotating cast of characters involving many from Saddle Creek Records. The band's name came from the original state slogan for Nebraska, the home of Kasher and Saddle Creek, before 2003, when the slogan was changed.

The Good Life released their fifth album, Everybody's Coming Down, on August 14, 2015.

Band members

Current members

• Tim Kasher – vocals, guitars, keyboards
• Stefanie Drootin – bass
• Ryan Fox – saxophone, keyboards, guitars, bass
• Roger Lewis – drums

Former members

• Jiha Lee – keyboards, vocals
• Landon Hedges – guitars, bass
• Mike Heim – keyboards

Discography

Albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US [2]	US Indie [3]
Novena on a Nocturn	Released: November 10, 2000 Label: Better Looking	—	—
Black Out	Released: March 4, 2002 Label: Saddle Creek	—	—
Album of the Year	Released: August 10, 2004 Label: Saddle Creek	—	38
Help Wanted Nights	Released: September 11, 2007 Label: Saddle Creek	195	27
Everybody's Coming Down	Released: August 14, 2015 Label: Saddle Creek	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles and EPs

• Lovers Need Lawyers (2004 · Saddle Creek Records) - EP
• Heartbroke (2007 · Saddle Creek Records) - 7" single

Compilations

• Holiday Matinee, No. 2 (2000 · Better Looking Records)

song: "Tell Shipwreck I'm Sorry"

• NE vs. NC (2002 · Redemption Recording Co.)

songs: "I Am an Island," "Off the Beaten Path"

• Saddle Creek 50 (2003 · Saddle Creek Records)

songs: "I Am an Island," "Aftercrash"

• Amos House Collection (2003 · Wishing Tree)

song: "Haunted Homecoming"

• Not One Light Red: A Desert Extended (2003 · Sunset Alliance)

song: "Thin Walls Between Us"

• Comes With a Smile#12 - Bonus Disk (2004 · Comes With a Smile)

song: "Grandma's Gone"

• Lagniappe: A Saddle Creek Benefit for Hurricane Katrina (2005 · Saddle Creek Records)

song: "New Year's Retribution"

Videography

• Lovers Need Lawyers (2005, directed by Nik Fackler)
• Heartbroke (2007, directed by Alan Tanner and Rob Walters)

Orenda Fink appeared in the music video for Lovers Need Lawyers.

See also

• The '89 Cubs
• Bright Eyes
• Consafos
• Cursive
• Neva Dinova