Ex-Beulah crooner Miles Kurosky has himself a MySpace and a new song (and a bird). Tipster Ferg tells us other Beulah alum Bill Swann sent the link to the band's mailing list. And, as Kurosky writes in a post over at his MySpace titled "Cinco de Mayo 2008," with a Current Mood of "virginal": Hello Friends, it's May 5th and I'm officially on Myspace. How did I ever live without it?? Anyway, I've posted a song called "An Apple for an Apple." I think it's the final version, but who knows, it could change. Hopefully you all like it. That's all, XO, M. Nothing more needs be said. For those of you who miss the San Francisco E6-ers, it'll be a good reminder of those halcyon days, especially the mid-tune sing-a-long and continual build.
Former Beulah singer Miles Kurosky is back with a new song almost four years after the Elephant Six indie pop heroes called it quits. Fortunately for the now-defunct San Francisco band's faithful, "An Apple for an Apple" doesn't fall too far from the tree. What begins as childlike psych-folk, just sparkling acoustic-guitar arpeggios and Kurosky's internal rhymes, grows into a horns-boosted, strings-sweetened, fuzztone-chugging group singalong on a When Your Heartstrings Break scale, with crescendo after crescendo and martial drum rolls. The lyrics start with Monty Python before touching on religion, fond farewells, doubt, and falling in love with the invisible-- including disease, which makes the narrator feel alive. "Maybe I was just an easy mark," Kurosky sings. Tell that to all the Shins and New Pornographers fans who aren't yet familiar with Beulah, fans who might use this as an opportunity to explore another rewarding discography full of pretty melodies and arrangements that burst at the seams.
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