Hey Hail Tunes!
Reaching out to you about Birmingham/Denver’s Nerves Baddington‘s latest EP “Gulches.” To listen to the tracks, here’s a download link. Would love for you to check it out for a possible review.
Hip-hop duo Nerves Baddington have always played by their own rules when it comes to lyrics, beats, and creative visuals. Their latest EP, “Gulches,” a sonic landmine field of three pulsing and innovative tracks is no different.
“Life’s been an existential roller coaster since the last Nerves project (2025’s Driving off Clif
Hip-hop duo Nerves Baddington have always played by their own rules when it comes to lyrics, beats, and creative visuals. Their latest EP, “Gulches,” a sonic landmine field of three pulsing and innovative tracks is no different.
“Life’s been an existential roller coaster since the last Nerves project (2025’s Driving Off Cliffs)—equal parts blur and clarity,” says Inkline (vocals). “Love, loss, peaks, valleys. The usual. All of that friction found its way into the music.”
“The space where I work on music flooded in April of 2025,” Kilgore Doubt (bass, beats). “I had a temporary space, but for some reason I just wasn’t very prolific. My wife and I ended up doing all of the renovations ourselves after a comedy of contractor errors, so that took away a lot of time working on music. But the good news is, we’re finished, so hopefully there’s more coming before 2026 is over. “
A sound like a distorted saxophone kicks off the first track (and the first song written for these sessions) “Lick Back,” which like all the songs, features spoken word in the beginning, acting as a throughline for a lyrical narrative.
Things then weave seamlessly into “Borderline,” an exercise in simplicity that still packs a punch when it matters most. The song also claims the spot as Inkline’s favorite of the bunch.
“It bridges the opening and closing tracks through the lens of unchecked mental health—while trying to navigate life, love, and loss in the pursuit of life’s pleasures.” he comments. “It’s about the razor-thin line between genuinely identifying trauma and casually self-diagnosing disorders via TikTok.”
Finally, the listener arrives at “Man Down,” the track deemed the most accessible of the group.
“I intend to leave a legacy,” the chilling voice proclaims under the weight of atonal instrumentation. “The standard of which was set by God when he created the earth and man after his own image.”
Inkline then comes crashing in with mind-warping lyrics like:
“All seems senseless, that’s the consensus
Could be crashing in ditches
Or digging them trenches
Could be swallowed by gulches
Or swimming with fishes”
In less than ten minutes, “Gulches” is over. But listeners will be absorbing the songs for what feels like days.
We’d love for you to cover the EP, which is releasing on Thursday, 2/26/26. You can download the WAV form of the tracks here.
With the guys’ proclivity for dates and numbers (one album was released on 2/22/22), I’d love to help them get 22,626 plays throughout all streaming platforms. Ambitious goal? One can dream.
Let me know you think.
Thanks!
Chris K. Davidson
TunedIn Digital Marketing/TunedIn Music Marketing
205.440.6973
chris@tunedin-digitalmarketing.com
