After Beulah called it quits six years ago Miles Kurosky, the band’s singer and songwriter, got married (to a woman he met on the final Beulah tour), had reconstructive surgery on his shoulder (twice), and was hospitalized for kidney trouble. The result is his first solo album, the highly anticipated Frank Lloyd Wright-referencing The Desert of Shallow Effects. It’s only “solo” in titling: More than two dozen musicians join Kurosky with sundry stringed instruments, keyboards, horns, etc., on the 10 tracks. He produced it and old Beulah-mate Eli Crews (Deerhoof, Why?) engineered. “I Can’t Swim”‘s a good place to get started: Kurosky crammed a million details (and clearly a lot of living) into the ambitiously skewed pop song. If you find yourself missing vintage ’60s nodding Elephant 6 and of Montreal give you a headache, this should make you smile.
The Desert of Shallow Effects is out 3/9 via Majordomo Records, an imprint of Shout! Factory. You’ll also find a 3-song EP on iTunes. It’s a preview of sorts and includes “I Can’t Swim” along with “Dog In The Burning Building” and “An Apple For An Apple, a song we posted in earlier form last year. Miles is heading on tour:
03/16 – Dallas, TX @ The Cavern
03/17-19 – Austin, TX @ SXSW
03/20 – Houston, TX @ Rudyards
03/22 – Nashville, TN @ The Basement
03/24 – Washington, DC @ DC 9
03/25 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
03/26 – New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
03/27 – Allston, MA @ Great Scott
03/29 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Brillobox
03/30 – Columbus, OH @ The Basement
04/01 – Chicago, IL @ Schubas
04/02 – Minneapolis, MN @ 400 Bar
04/03 – Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
04/05 – Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
04/07 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
04/08 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom Of The Hill
04/09 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
04/10 – Seattle, WA @ The Tractor
[Photo by Brandon Showers]
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Excellent tune. So when is the album out?
Goddammit. He’s playing in Chicago the same night as Spoon. That, combined with the fact that the Spoon show is at a really, really crappy venue (the Aragon) means I’m probably going to this show instead.
why does it remind me of… ben folds five?
Finally!!!!
Seitz, i was having the same dillemma, but how can one pass up seeing any member of beulah live?
I hear ya. Also, seeing as how Schuba’s is about 500 feet from my apartment, I got a ticket for this show instead of Spoon, though I’d really like to see Deehunter and Micachu.
He’s still got it! But….this operation needs a cooler name… like Bueles Buerosky…
Why not Phoenix?? So sad!!!!
this is awesome. i’m super excited for the new album. missed you, miles!
i am super stoked about SXSW – being an australian, i thought I’d never had a chance to see beulah or miles, but i’m travelling to the US for SXSW – the news that he’s playing SXSW made my day/week/month/year/life.