Since 2004, The Tasteful Nudes have been waist-deep in texture, color, rhythm and noise, exploring the sonic terrain of Modern-Guitar-Based-Rock.  The band has grown since its early days as a guitar and 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 guitars, Joe Thompson on drums, Zach Lapidus on keyboards, and Loren Thor on bass.  After their inception, they gained a reputation as an earth-shaking and ear-rupturing live act at Portland's lawns, basements and bars. Their first official release, 2005's self-produced The Tasteful Nudes Play Paragraphs Today is 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.  Subsequently, The Tasteful Nudes have continued playing throughout the Pacific Northwest, including a long string of shows at the Holocene in Portland. These performances were the road test for many of the songs that are now found on their new album, The Soul of the New Machines.  Not content to settle into a sophomore slump, the ensemble focused on building an album that would not just duplicate the energy of their live set, but expand upon it with wider arrangements and an increase in diversity of the sonic and textural palates at their disposal.  In the works for over a year, The Soul of the New Machines was released in April of 2008 on the Forced Perspective Collective label.  Featuring psyched-out funk to running paced rockers, crystalline pop to honey dripping space ballads, Nyquist clipped noise to dense harmonic drones, The Soul of the New Machines sees The Tasteful Nudes taking on many new roles.
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FPC001 - The Tasteful Nudes Play Paragraphs Today Their first proper album, Paragraphs seeps through the hissing confines of an ailing reel-to-reel and delivers a handful of tuneful gems and unrepeatable vociferation. Check out the riotous stomp of "Compartment Song, the dance-party classic "Funky Ass Exclusion Principle" and the three-wheeled abandon of "The Beauty of the Beast". 1. The Perfect Amazing Solution 2. First Thing's First 3. How the West Was One (Big Joke) 4. Compartment Song 5. Funky Ass Exclusion Principle 6. Don't Take This the Wrong Way 7. Smile, It's Your Funeral 8. The Beauty of the Beast 9. Dusk Shakedown 10. What God Does Is Done Well 11. Too Bad We Went Forward Click Here to get The Tasteful Nudes Play Paragraphs Today.	Purchase "...Play Paragraphs Today" CD for $9.00!
FPC002 - The Soul of the New Machines That difficult second album. We threw everything out the window, then went outside and picked it up again. 1. The Jig Is Up 2. Africadabra 3. Wash Your Hands In Honey 4. Miracle Pulse 5. Buford Pusser's Last Ride 6. Bury the Hatchet (At Ground Zero) Click Here to get The Soul of the New Machines. Then, please consider making a donation below.	Purchase "The Soul of the New Machines" Digipak CD for $10.00!
Special Deal - Two For Less Than the Price of Two! Buy "Paragraphs" and "The Soul of the New Machines" for just $15!	Buy Paragraphs and The Soul of the New Machines on CD  together for just $15!
FPC003 - The Tasteful Nudes - Disguise the Limit Their submission for the 2008 RPM Challenge, this release was written and recorded in one weekend in February. 1. Maximum Foliage 2. The Television Will Not Be Revolutionized 3. Mutating Rotation 4. In Come the Outsiders 5. Rotating Mutation Click Here to get Disguise the Limit. Then, please consider making a donation below.
FPC008 - The Tasteful Nudes - LP3 ...In Development, Check Back Soon...