Adult Film - Tim Kasher
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  • Summary: The former Cursive singer is backed by Sara Bertuldo, Nate Kinsella, Patrick Newbery, Dylan Ryan, and Laura Stevenson on his second solo studio release.
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  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Wherever you place Adult Film in the Kasher canon, it’s hard to deny that it’s one of the best albums of the year, and arguably his most versatile yet.
  2. Oct 8, 2013
    87
    If this is a new avenue of self-loathing for Kasher, it’s a welcome change of form from the perhaps more angular output of his screaming past. His gifts for wrangling emotive detours from unlikely sonic realms is his best talent, but he couldn’t do that without his crafty capacity for language, too. Stripped of the angry adornments of his yesteryears, we now may take him at his word.
  3. 80
    They might be unusually eclectic, but these songs, full of Kasher's trademark incisive insight, are a compelling addition to his ever-increasing catalog. [Nov 2013, p.90]
  4. 60
    Though not a bad album, Adult Film simply doesn’t hold up as well to the standard Kasher has set for himself over the years.
  5. 50
    There aren’t many hooks to latch onto, his emotional tenor is difficult to gauge, and although his four-piece band works hard to vary its sonic palette, no amount of electronic drums, thickly-layered synths, Spanish guitars and theremins can cover a humdrum set of songs.
  6. Oct 8, 2013
    50
    Musically, Adult Film is a smorgasbord of pop ephemera, with melodies crashing about like boozy butterflies, occasionally landing on an idea and then leaping back into the blue in search of less restrictive stimuli.