Novena on a Nocturn
by The Good Life
- Type: Album
- Released: 10 November 2000
- Label: Better Looking Records
- Country: United States
- Length: 34:42
- Community rating: 3.2/5 from 1 rating
Artists on this release: Clint Schnase, Robb Nansel, Carrie Wiemers, Steve Micek, Todd Baechle, Mike Mogis, Joe Schlueter, Vic Padios
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The debut album by The Good Life, Tim Kasher's side project from Cursive, 'Novena on a Nocturn' appeared five months after Cursive's 'Domestica' and structures its nine tracks as a novena, nine days of prayer, around Kasher's divorce. Mike Mogis produced the record with Kasher, with contributions from Cursive's Clint Schnase and The Faint's Todd Baechle, its indie pop nocturnal and introspective in register.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, acoustic, atmospheric, breakup, rhythmic
Tracklist
- A Dim Entrance (3:43)
- The Moon Red Handed (2:58)
- Your Birthday Present (4:21)
- An Acquaintance Strikes A Chord (3:16)
- Twenty Two (3:37)
- What We Fall For When We're Already Down (2:45)
- Waiting On Wild Horses (3:48)
- The Competition (4:59)
- A Golden Exit (5:15)
Credits
- Geraldine Vo - artwork [front cover artwork]
- Kianna Alarid - artwork [sketches of pegasus]
- Joe Schlueter - guitar, guitar [additional]
- Todd Baechle - keyboards, vocals [additional]
- Steve Micek - lead guitar, guitar [lead]
- A.J. Mogis - double bass [upright bass]
- Vic Padios - organ, keyboards
- Robb Nansel - design, layout