Music like Beulah

Beulah was an American indie rock band from San Francisco, California, often associated with The Elephant 6 Recording Company.

The band was formed by Miles Kurosky and Bill Swan in San Francisco in 1996, while the pair were working in the same office. They discovered that they shared similar musical tastes and, disregarding some mutual dislike, decided to form a band. This early incarnation of Beulah recorded a song every six weeks for 16 months on their four-track recorder. The band received attention from The Apples in Stereo frontman and Elephant 6 member Robert Schneider, who expressed interest on releasing what was to be its first single, A Small Cattle Drive in a Snow Storm, on Elephant 6 Records. Their first album, Handsome Western States, was released in the same year, also on Elephant 6 and mastered by Schneider. The record soon sold out. This association with the collective has continued throughout their career, despite the fact that Beulah did not release anything more on the label. In order to tour in support of the album, Steve La Follette, Steve St. Cin and Pat Noel joined the band, with the band playing its first shows in support of the Apples.