don't forget to breathe

So when I was at Preview Ethan asked if I listened to Beulah. I told him I didn't, but I had heard of them. So he told me to play a track on his laptop which conveniently hooked up to the car, and it sounded pretty good. The song was "A Good Man Is Easy To Kill", which is a reference to Flannery O'Connor's short story "A Good Man Is Hard To Find". Apparently the lead singer Miles Kurosky enjoys the works of Flannery O'Connor, and the song is about a car accident his father was in. Beulah is now disbanded but was part of the illustrious Elephant 6 Recording Company, which included Neutral Milk Hotel, Of Montreal, and The Apples in Stereo.

Anyways I'm listening to the album Yoko, which is their last and supposedly best work. A lot of the songs are bittersweet, because Beulah had already announced their breakup. It's less poppy than the other album The Coast Is Never Clear, which contains the song Ethan played. Some classic indie pop is always worth a listen, and it's a shame that they disbanded. Ethan said that the lead singer is doing some solo work, so hopefully we'll see some of that in the future.