Written over five years during a period of tremendous personal and artistic transition, Thank You For Sharing was largely performed by Kohler himself and mainly produced and recorded with Fantasy Guys’ Mitchell Hardage, who also contributed bass to all of the album’s eight tracks. Damon Moon from Standard Electric Recorders and Eric Jennings helped engineer the record.
Blending big pop choruses, jittery electronics and elegant orchestral arrangements, Thank You For Sharing fuses elements of pop, prog and contemporary classical to create a style that is unapologetically sincere and triumphant. Some tracks are driven by fuzzy guitars, others by programmed 808s and synth pads. Kohler’s honed pop sensibility is the thread running through it all.
Thank You For Sharing finds Kohler emerging from self-imposed exile to reveal a confessional, brutally honest record detailing the darkest and most trying days of the author’s life. No stone is unturned: protagonists pass out with their shoes on, muses disappear without a trace. There are blackouts, curfews, self-absorbed ramblings, and three-minute synth solos. Thank You For Sharing finds elegance and relief in this chaos, even when the sheer claustrophobic depth of the arrangements threaten to overwhelm the listener.
Produced and created by Timothy Kohler-Tindale and Mitchell Hardage
Written, arranged and performed by Timothy Kohler-Tindale
Additional performances by
Mitchell Hardage, bass and additional guitar
Gus Fernandez, drums on Dual Diagnosis, Broadcast Journalism and Darlin’
Chris Childs, congas and gong
Patrick Russert, pedal steel guitar on Darlin’
Beth Ensign, violin and viola
Martha Oceguera, violin and viola
Chip Epsten, violin
Benjamin Shirley, cello
Jordan Hunter, trumpet
Tim Crump, saxophones
Ken Gregory, valve trombone
Hayden McAfee, French horn
Additional lead and backing vocals
Jennifer Zuiff
The Nasty Woman’s Choir:
Stephanie Hardy
Tiffany Blaylock
Jessica Jones
Kristin Hahlbon
Gus Fernandez
Engineered and captured by Mitchell Hardage
Additional engineering by
Damon Moon at Electric Standard Recorders
Eric Jennings, John Rosser
Mixed by
John Rosser
Mastered by
Martina Albano
Additional art direction and liner notes:
Alex Bhansali
Photography:
Maxine Piccinich
Thank you to everyone who inspired, performed on, worked on, and believed in this album, especially the incredible Cat Kohler-Tindale (and of course Charlie, Kayla and Elliott!), Mom, Dad, Kathryn, Mitchell, Eric, John, Damon, Martina, Justin Green and Bear Kids Recordings, Kid Stuff, Hello Ocho, Waller, Small Reactions, Pony League, Adam Waldorf, Brian Christopher and Sriracha House; Chris Thrasher, Jody Turpin, Richard Corbett, Alex Bhansali, Adam Lavinsky and Maxine, James DeVeau, the McKays, and everyone at the Vinings Firehouse group—past, present and future.
Very special thank you’s are in order to Ashley Hardage and Bo McAfee for letting me use your beautiful pianos.
And to Clinton Callahan for the use of your Fender Rhodes.
Even more very special thank you’s to all of the Kickstarter contributors:
James and Jacque Kohler (Executive Producers), Kathryn Kohler Menta, Kathleen Weinberg, Christian Thrasher, Mark Birkbeck, Alex Rice, Alex Bhansali, Tiffany Blaylock, Jonathan Braswell, Chris Cella, Randolph Dalton, Corey di Mino, Clinton Garrison, Katey Gelfand, Ashley Hardage, Elizabeth Hartman, Sandy Henderson, Ed Hilston, Julia Fries-Ibrahim, Megan Louise Lantz, Emma McGann, Dana McKay, Paula McKay, Kathleen Mohrmann, Richard Mohrmann, Richard A. Mohrmann, Bruce and Janet Mohrmann, Adam Nichols, Peter Stumpf, Chad Tindale, Megan Tindale, Kelly Reardon, ShadesofDelirium, Brannon Shockley, Daniel Stensland, Mason Turner, Andy Walker, Jason C. Waller.
This album is dedicated to the memory of John Kelly McKay
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