Handsome Western States

Handsome Western States is indie rock band Beulah's debut album, released in 1997. The sound is much less polished and elaborate than later albums. The album went out of print in 1999 but was re-pressed with new artwork in 2002. The album was never released in Europe, however. Because of this, many of the band's European singles were pressed with songs from Handsome Western States as B-sides.

Handsome Western States
Studio album by Beulah
Released	1997
Recorded	January 1996 - April 1997
Genre	Indie rock
Length	33:35
Label	Elephant Six
Producer	Jeff Byrd
Beulah chronology
A Small Cattle Drive in a Snow Storm (1997) Handsome Western States (1997) When Your Heartstrings Break (1999)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	8.5/10[2]
Stylus Magazine	B-[3]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Miles Kurosky, except where noted.

1. "Maroon Bible" – 3:23
2. "Lay Low for the Letdown" – 3:32
3. "Disco: The Secretaries Blues" – 3:25
4. "The Rise and Fall or Our Hero's Reward" – 2:36
5. "I Love John, She Loves Paul" – 3:02
6. "Slo-Mo for the Masses" – 1:39
7. "I've Been Broken (I've Been Fixed)" – 2:25
8. "Queen of the Populists" – 2:24
9. "Shotgun Dedication" – 2:39
10. "Rust With Me" – 1:35
11. "Delta" – 4:17
12. "Dig the Subatomic Holdout #2" – 2:38

References

1. Handsome Western States at AllMusic
2. Schreiber, Ryan (May 15, 2006). "Handsome Western States". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on July 5, 2008. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
3. Cooper, Dan (September 1, 2003). "Beulah - Handsome Western States - Review". Stylus. Archived from the original on November 12, 2006. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
4. Tiny Mix Tapes review