Blog: Fensepost

Ambient soul is how Nudge describes their music on MySpace; an odd combination initially difficult to comprehend. But add two additional descriptors, experimental and shoegaze , and one can begin to piece together the eccentric music Nudge makes. Their latest, As Good As Gone capitalizes on all four defining terms in songs like the epically smooth "Two Hands" and the trippy "Burns Blue". As one would expect from ambient music, tracks like "Aurolac" and "Tito" are soothing, with melodic guitars, minimal but eclectic percussion, and consistent [...]

• Nudge: Burns Blue [mp3] » 090908-nudge-burns_blue.mp3
• Nudge: Two Hands [mp3] » 090908-nudge-two_hands.mp3