Album Notes

Since 2004, The Tasteful Nudes have been waist-deep in texture, color, rhythm and noise, exploring the sonic hinterlands of Modern-Guitar-Based-Rock-Music. The band has grown since its early days as a guitar/drums duo into a fully-realized five member ensemble, and their musical breadth has expanded accordingly. The current lineup features Robert Blatt and Ross Morgan on guitar, Joe Thompson on drums, Zach Lapidus on keyboards, and Loren Thor on bass. After their inception, they quickly gained a reputation as a room-shaking, ass-whomping live act in Portland's basements and bars. When one show incited both structural damage and fisticuffs, the Nudes decided they'd better attempt to constrain their energy and get down to recording an album. Their first official release, 2005's self-produced The Tasteful Nudes play Paragraphs Today was a lo-fi gem, an ambitious collection of early songs expanded for the full line-up and played with all the furious abandon of their live show. A tour of the west-coast in support of the album followed suit, accompanied by fellow noise-heads A Cricket in Times Square. Upon their return to Portland, The Tasteful Nudes continued gettin' busy and played a string of shows at Holocene, including an opening slot for Hella a month or so before Hella played the Rose Garden Arena. These shows were the road-test for many of the songs that are now found on the new album, The Soul of the New Machines. Not content to settle into a sophomore slump, the Nudes decided to focus on building an album that would not just duplicate the energy of their live set, but expand upon it with wider arrangements and a new attention to the many sonic and textural palates at their disposal. In the works for over a year and released in April of 2008 on the Forced Perspective Collective label, The Soul of the New Machines sees The Tasteful Nudes taking on many new roles - from psyched-out funk to running-paced rockers, crystalline pop to honey-dripping space-ballads, the new album covers all the angles.





The new album The Soul of the New Machines is currently available for download on the Forced Perspective Collective Website (www.forcedperspectivecollective.com), in exchange for an optional donation. The CD is set to drop on April 15th, 2008 - ask for it by name at your local record store.