Record Review - Nudge: As Good As Gone

Diving deeper into the shadows of slow-motion dub and murked-out moods, Nudge’s fourth full-length further obscures the group’s sonic boundaries to embrace the ever-so-nebulous genre of experimental music. Beginning with “Harmo,” the album from Atlas Sound collaborator/Kranky Records publicist Brian Foote opens the fourth dimension with peripheral chirps that convince your ears that your cell phone is ringing somewhere in another room. “Two Hands,” “Tito” and “Dawn Comes Light” bend the boundaries of drone, pop and avant-garde as whispers of all three bleed into one another with hypnotic affect. Each song glides through a panorama of melting sonic textures that shroud slow strums and angelic voices in massive echoes, creating tension that propels the music. It’s not a very exciting album, but if you’re patient it’s definitely engaging. (Kranky) 3 stars out of 5