Tim Kasher - No Resolution (2017) [FLAC]

  Genre: Rock
  Styles: Indie, Alternative, Emo, Soundtrack
  Source: WEB
  Codec: FLAC
  Bit rate: ~ 800 kbps 
  Bit depth: 16
  Sample rate: 44.1 kHz
  
  01 Not Over You Prelude
  02 Runts
  03 Break Me Open
  04 No Secret
  05 An Answer for Everything Prelude: Jean Kills the Party
  06 Holding Out
  07 Runts Reprise: Wandering Eyes
  08 Hollow
  09 No Secret Reprise: Meet Shawna and Tracy
  10 Messes
  11 An Answer for Everything
  12 Holding Out Reprise: Heading Out
  13 Post Script
  14 Hollow: Kyles Smoke
  15 Not Over You

  Following a more exuberant sophomore LP that diverged from his debut with conspicuous synths, Cursive and the Good Life frontman Tim Kasher returns to a more orchestral palette for his third solo album, No Resolution. Its 15 tracks also serve as a soundtrack to a film by the same name, Kasher's debut as a writer/director. A character drama revolving around a strained relationship between fiancés, it's an anxious set with lyrics that struggle with trust, hope, and existential meaning. The proper songs among those tracks, which also contain short, scene-setting instrumentals and a few reprises, are easy to imagine as a chamber rock musical, with strong vocal lines leading the way. Piano, strings, guitar, drums, vibraphone, synths, and a few other instruments are more prominent on some tunes than others but never interfere. "Runts" sets the stage with guitar, vibraphone, and ride cymbal in rhythmic unison until the rhythm section takes over to accompany Kasher, who opens with "I get so restless I feel trapped inside my body." Strings and electric guitar eventually flesh out the catchy, rambling tune that repeats the phrase "settle down" in different contexts. Ominous, unresolved chords end the song, which contemplates having children while referencing anti-anxiety meds and decomposing