The Good Life is an

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band on

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. Started as a solo project of

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's frontman

Tim Kasher Timothy J. Kasher (born August 19, 1974) is an American musician from Omaha, Nebraska, and is the frontman of indie rock groups Cursive and the Good Life, both of which are on the Omaha-based record label Saddle Creek Records. Music Slowdow ...

, 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

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. The Good Life has its core in those four musicians, but besides Kasher can be a rotating cast of characters involving many from

. 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

* Stefanie Drootin * Ryan Fox *

Former members

Jiha Lee Jiha Lee is the former keyboardist of the Good Life and has performed with Bright Eyes. Having left the Good Life after their second album, '' Black Out'', she returned to record the track "Inmates" for ''Album of the Year''. Her recordings wi ...

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'' (2004 ·

) - EP *''Heartbroke'' (2007 ·

) - 7" single

Compilations

*'' Holiday Matinee, No. 2'' (2000 ·

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) ::song: "Tell Shipwreck I'm Sorry" *''NE vs. NC'' (2002 · Redemption Recording Co.) ::songs: "I Am an Island," "Off the Beaten Path" *''

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'' (2003 ·

) ::songs: "I Am an Island," "Aftercrash" *''

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'' (2003 ·

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) ::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 ·

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) ::song: "Grandma's Gone" *'' Lagniappe: A Saddle Creek Benefit for Hurricane Katrina'' (2005 ·

) ::song: "New Year's Retribution"

Videography

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(2005, directed by

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) *Heartbroke (2007, directed by Alan Tanner and Rob Walters)

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appeared in the music video for ''Lovers Need Lawyers.''

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