Miles Kurosky

"The World Won't Last the Night"

by Patrick Rapa

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Published: Feb 24, 2010

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Miles Kurosky loves you but he's chosen darkness. Some titles from his first solo album: "She Was My Dresden," "Pink Lips, Black Lungs," "Dog in the Burning Building," "Housewives and their Knives." Of course, as he did with his old band, Beulah, Kurosky has masked all the hopelessness and heartlessness of The Desert of Shallow Effects (Shout! Factory) with lots of fun, jangly, melodious rock and roll. It's a little suspicious, but "The World Won't Last the Night" is the album's fight song, its rallying cry: "Cowards, we gotta unite. I think I found us a fight. Brothers, I'm not yellow anymore. I've overcome my fear of heights." Yes! We're going down, but swinging! Well, sort of. Next line: "Blood still makes me weak. It makes me see stars." So pretty, and pretty sad. Raise a toast to the lovers trapped in a fighters' world.

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