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Miles Kurosky
The Desert of Shallow Effects
Genres: Pop, Rock

Track Listings (10) - Disc #1
1. Notes From The Polish Underground
2. An Apple For An Apple
3. Dead Language Blues
4. I Can't Swim
5. She Was My Dresden
6. Pink Lips, Black Lungs
7. The World Won't Last The Night
8. Housewives And Their Knives
9. Dog In The Burning Building
10. West Memphis Skyline

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All Artists: Miles Kurosky
Title: The Desert of Shallow Effects
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 1
Label: Majordomo
Original Release Date: 1/1/2010
Re-Release Date: 3/9/2010
Genres: Pop, Rock
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Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 826663117615

Synopsis

Album Description

Critically acclaimed singer/songwriter and former Beulah frontman Miles Kurosky's debut solo album, The Desert of Shallow Effects, has been widely anticipated by fans since he quietly put the song "An Apple for an Apple" on his MySpace page in 2008, eliciting praise from Pitchfork and other influential blogs. Mostly recorded in San Francisco, with nearly 30 guest musicians, including many former bandmates, the new album continues the trajectory of greatness charted by Beulah's final albums, The Coast Is Never Clear and Yoko, while also blasting off for parts unknown. The result is what's sure to be one of the most talked-about indie-rock records of 2010. Beulah was formed in 1996 by Miles Kurosky and Bill Swan in San Francisco. They released four influential albums and were dubbed "the best band you've never heard." They made Magnet magazine's list of Lost Classics and The Onion A.V. Club's Hall of Fame, and their album When Your Heartstrings Break recently came in at #37 on Amazon's 100 Greatest Indie Rock Albums of All Time.

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CD Reviews

A Fun and Vibrant Album from Beulah's Former Frontman

Leghorn Faust | Peoria,Illinois | 05/05/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The first record from Miles Kuorksy since his former band Beulah's dissolution in 2003, "The Desert of Shallow Effects" is a welcome return to form from one of indie rock's great unsung heroes.

From out right rock songs like "An Apple for An Apple" and "The World Won't Last the Night," (With a line toward the end of the song that I especially like: "History bleeds remember me, but try to be kind.") to more mellow and slow songs like "She Was My Dresden" and "Housewives and Their Knives," (Which includes the memorable lyric: "Where housewives play with their knives, and study their husbands necks at night, she couldn't have been more then a summer socialite in training," which eloquently paints a disturbing scene with a humorous non-sequitur.) to the epic that is ultimately the album's swan song "West Memphis Skyline," which sounds as if 6 or 7 different songs were written and then put together.

If you're a fan of Beulah, chances are you'll like this, and if you're someone who's never heard of Miles before "The Desert of Shallow Effects" is an album well worth looking into."

Wall of noise?

S. Moore | Redwood City, CA United States | 05/05/2010

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I have all of Beulah's CD's, saw them play live, big fan. This probably would have been a good project for the band. The problem, as I see it, is that there is no subtlty here...the songs are played at an almost frantic pace, every instrument (and ALL of them are used here) is in your face, nothing is background. It is almost as if Miles said "let's see how much sound we can cram into this song." Everything but the kitchen sink is in here, and I wouldn't be surprised if there's a sound for that as well. Listening to the whole album can be exhausting. I like the artist, will support him, but I just have to be honest about this release. It should have been WAY better."