Deserts & Heartstrings

In a lengthy SXSW recap, Molly Templeton touches on a show played by onetime Beulah frontman Miles Kurosky. Beulah — and the album When Your Heartstrings Break in particular — hold a particular place in the part of my heart dedicated to smart pop music, and I picked up Kurowky’s album The Desert of Shallow Effects — his first solo album, and first album of any kind in six years — earlier this month. My hastily-arranged thoughts: it’s good! The same sort of literate yet blissed-out pop songs that initially piqued my interest in Kurosky’s work with a bit more variety in terms of arrangements and dynamics. Fine stuff so far, I’d say.