Hudson, Nick / Elegy, The
Album: Elegy, The   Collection:General
Artist:Hudson, Nick   Added:Nov 2008
Label:Kiddiepunk Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2009-02-22 Pull Date: 2009-04-26
Week Ending: Mar 1
Airplays: 1

Recent Airplay
1. Feb 24, 2009: DJ Adam Memorial Hour
The Dream Distiller

Album Review
Walter E. Gogh
Reviewed 2009-02-12
A beautiful collection of solo home-recordings consisting of haunting melodies often coarsely reflecting on death. Hudson plays guitar on all of the tracks, adds other instruments which also plays himself and over-dubs his own voice for backing vocals. Combines the simplicity singer-songwriter elements with recording tricks.

Fun facts: After self-releasing 13 albums, this is Hudson’s 1st to be put out on record label. Says he wrote the record to keep from killing himself. Also a published author.

FCC Violation on track 4.

***1. (6:36) Fingerpicked guitar with over-dubbed choruses. Haunting in tone.
2. (3:35) Woodblock keeps time over acoustic guitar strumming and wordless chanting. The album’s liveliest track.
3. (4:48) A constant stream of rhyming couplets over a gently strummed guitar.
4. (6:28) FCC warning: audible swear word. A dark song with Hudson accompanying himself on vocals.
5. (3:11) Accoustic guitar instrumental.
***6. (9:00) A witty, winding ballad. Sparse and moving.
7. (4:21) Instrumental finger picked guitar.
***8. (4:40) Haunting, finally captured vocal broken apart by intentional studio noise and clicking. Don’t adjust your dials.
9. (3:55) A bluesy-guitar lines with over-dubbed vocals.

Track Listing
1. The God Haemorrhage   5. Argentum
2. Bacchanalia   6. Under The Mill
3. Atlantic Dash   7. Very Good For Someone Dead
4. Black Carnations   8. The Dream Distiller
  9. The Filth Of No Ember