hello

just a quick message to say that the proper hood site will be the place to get any news if and when it happens, we'll keep this site up but i think we'd like to get back to the old school way of doing things

just to show that we are not complete luddites, theres a twitter account tied up to the site so when things are added, changed etc it appears on there

http://www.hoodmusic.net

http://twitter.com/hoodmusic

hood x

just a gentle nudge towards this upcoming release from hood co-founder Richard Adams

its out on 29th june in the novel format of 3 track  7" record with accompanying 10 song CD

 

the first 100 that pre-order get a free bonus cd of remixes of the title track by the likes of part timer, strategy, library tapes, winter north atlantic, northerner amongst others

you can pre-order here

http://www.homeassemblymusic.com/buy.php

or here

http://www.normanrecords.com/records/107814

what the label says

Throughout the course of 'Haunt The Upper Hallways' you will encounter

passages of breathtaking beauty akin to those found on Rachel's mesmerising

'Music For Egon Schiele', followed by wistful, reflective pieces that

conjure up comparisons with Robert Wyatt, Deerhunter, Grizzly Bear and

latter day Talk Talk. There is a freshness to Adams' approach to

songwriting which is beautifully exhibited in the addition of dulcimer and

violins throughout these ten mini epics.

This latest instalment from The Declining Winter is due for release on 29th June 2009. We have decided it should come as a 7" record which includes a CD containing a full albums worth of material to satisfy those who require a vinyl 'fix' and for a novel way of presenting what is effectively The Declining Winter's second album. 

You can listen to a few tracks here:        

http://www.homeassemblymusic.com/listen.php

its been far far too long but we now have a new website. take a look here

http://www.hoodmusic.net

its still a work in progress but it looks a damn site (ha!) better don't you think?

well we like it anyway.  thanks to Sara for setting it all up & hopefully we'll be better at keeping it updated now

love

hood
xx

yes for those people who want to hear the fledgling hood (still at school) and a whole pile of other beat combos from the era this beautifully packaged compilation will be just what you are waiting for. in terms of the hood tracks caveat emptor applies

555BK87 + 555CD88 - THE WETHERBEAT SCENE 88-91

35 song CD and 40 page book featuring all the bands connected with the legendary scene. Featuring the first ever studio recordings of HOOD and BOYRACER aswell as pre-Boyracer outings such as Baby Doll Lounge and The Liddles, and the stunning previously undocumented Harbour Pilots and Paisley Springtime. The book is hilarious and informative, featuring comments from all the key players from the era, with lots of embarassing pictures of everyone looking very young and cute, plus a lovely glossy colour sleeve too. CD equally attractive in glossy card gatefold.

NOTE:- THE BOOK IS LIMITED TO 200 RETAIL COPIES, available for a limited period bargain price of $10 + shipping from
www.myspace.com/therealboyracer

 

copies should be in norman records after january 18th or thereabouts

Well its not quite Christmas but because we have things for sale this is
going out a little early. Below you will get a resume of the year and a few
bits of news of upcoming stuff…….here goes


The Declining Winter
--------------------

The Declining Winter is the new project from Richard Vincent Adams of Hood.
This year they have released their debut album 'Goodbye Minnesota' on
Rusted Rail records and performed numerous gigs across the UK as well as
the Tanned Tin festival in Spain. Their newest very limited release is
documented below - be quick.

Remixes CD
----------

As its Christmastime soon, The Declining Winter are pleased to offer you a
special yuletide treat.

We are making available, in very small numbers, a lovingly produced CD
containing all the remixes from our recent Moteer and Misplaced Music
releases plus some extra bonus mixes that came in too late to be included
in the original releases.

The CD itself is a limited edition of 75, hand stamped and numbered, each
with its own individual polaroid (tbc). These will only be available via
their myspace page and in limited numbers at selected mail orders.

Now heres the even more exciting Christmas offer. All website orders
received before December 18th will come in special Christmas wrapping with
a gift tag personally to you from us.

All the tracks are remixes of 'York City3' (taken from the album 'Goodbye
Minnesota') by the following fine, fine people

fieldhead*
aus
epic 45
el fog
remote viewer
the boats
part timer
theendof
bracken+
strategy*
the declining winter+
northstation

* previously unreleased
+ previously released as download only


As a further act of Christmas generosity, every copy of the CD will come
with a free copy of Fieldhead's shiny new four track EP, 'introductions'.
Fieldhead is the tape hiss inspired ambient electronica project of Paul
Elam, who just happens to also spend some of his time playing guitar for
The Declining Winter.

Online price will be £8 including postage worldwide. Order via
http://www.myspace.com/thedecliningwinter

OR

Norman Records will have some copies from December 8th if you'd prefer
http://www.normanrecords.com




The Declining Winter will be doing these things in 2009


- Appearing on the bonus remix CD that comes with the debut album from
Northerner 'The Ridings' alongside Bracken, Epic45, Gareth S Brown, Winter
North Atlantic, Part Timer and others. Northerner is Martin Cummings who
appeared on the 'Goodbye Minnesota' CD. Released in February on Home
Assembly Music.

- Releasing 'Goodbye Minnesota' on vinyl with an extra bonus track. Due
feb/march

- Completing an as yet untitled interim 7" with CD which will feature
several new tracks plus remixes adding up to an album length. Due on Home
Assembly Music in April/May

- Playing more shows on mainland Europe, fewer in the UK

__________________________________________________________________________________________


Bracken
-------

Christopher Adams solo project Bracken had several releases out in 2008.

- Eno about the Need
The long awaited second album that had been sent around the world in a
limited edition of one copy was finally released on CD and has promptly
disappeared. Try Norman Records or Rough Trade for the last few copies,

-Remixes
Remixes appeared on releases by Epic 45, Shoeb Ahmad, Immune,

Listen to the Immune remix here….mmmmm…beautiful

http://www.eglantinerecords.com/files/audio/08.%20Recorded%20home%20(Bracken%20remix).mp3

Not sure whats up for Bracken in 2009 as he won't tell us.

_______________________________________________________________________________________

Gareth S Brown
--------------

Another busy year for Gareth S Brown with a triple (if you got the limited
edition) album on Misplaced Music entitled the 'The Gallows'. It came with
a bonus CD 'Royal College O' Surgeons' and comes housed in a beautifully
painstakingly put together handmade sleeve

"a real one-off if ever there was one. Brown's idiosyncratic neo-classicism
clearly draws influence from Michael Nyman and Philip Glass, but owes much
to a skewed, impressionistic take on 'Englishness', and gothic Victoriana."
BOOMKAT

Gareth is working on new material with an album entitled 'Music for False
Ensemble' already completed. If you want to grab yourself a copy of 'The
Gallows' while you can head on over here:-

http://www.myspace.com/misplacedmusic

or here

http://www.normanrecords.com/records/100959

__________________________________________________________________________________

Hood
----

Nothing……………………but

555 Recordings of Philadelphia are planning some re-issues of older
material in 2009.

- 'Lee Fausts Million Piece Orchestra' LP A re-issue of the 'Lee Fausts
Million Piece Orchestra' and '(The) Weight' 7"s on one LP plus bonus
tracks.

- Finally an issue of Hoods long lost debut album (this is pre- Cabled
Linear Traction). The vinyl has been found in the Adams brothers parents
attic presumed lost after the band discarded it in 1993. It will be issued
in its original form once sleeves are made. This could take some time so
keep checking back.

-Some very early Hood tracks will also crop up on 'The Wetherbeat Scene' a
CD and book on 555 out late winter/early spring.

Details of all three releases will appear on the 555 sites soon.
http://www.myspace.com/555recordingsofflagstaffarizona

__________________________________________________________________________________

Some useful Hood related links and things to check out:-

Bands
------

http://www.hoodmusic.net official site. not updated in a long while…..soon
http://www.myspace.com/hooduk any news will probably go on here
http://www.thedecliningwinter.com richard adams new project
http://www.myspace.com/thedecliningwinter myspace for above
http://www.myspace.com/brackenmusic chris adams project
http://www.myspace.com/garethsbrown gareth s brown solo
http://www.myspace.com/maggieslovelymusic mark wrights solo project



Labels
------

http://www.misplacedmusic.co.uk current home of gareth s brown and some
hood re-issues
http://www.homeassemblymusic.com releasing northerner, the declining winter
and more in 2009



Where to buy
-----------

http://www.normanrecords.com
http://www.boomkat.com

or any other good independent retail outfits

TWO new releases from moonlighting Hood members hit the shelves a couple of weeks back - they're shifting fast so be quick!

BRACKEN - Eno about the Need CD (Ears Hoping)

In March 2007 Bracken issued "Eno about the need" a double vinyl LP in an edition of exactly one copy. Since that time the LP has been circulating around the globe, being passed from listener to listener. The hope was that it would one day return, covered in graffiti, dust and scratches, with a few stories to tell. The LP did indeed come back, semi-destroyed, in June 2008 and we now present a CD re-issue of it's content.

The majority of the audio was originally salvaged from already decaying tape loops - sounds which were grainy and otherworldly - and it was hoped that as the record degraded and became warped and scratched, the listeners would unwittingly contribute towards the final record.

The re-issue set comprises of a CD transfer mastered from the vinyl and a full colour booklet illustrating the artistic contributions made by the people who looked after the record. It is housed in a handmade, stamped and numbered recycled card sleeve and is strictly limited to 500 copies worldwide.

Norman Records - Album of the Week
Boomkat - Album of the Week

http://www.myspace.com/brackenmusic


GARETH S BROWN The Gallows/Royal College O' Surgeons CD (Misplaced Music)

The Gallows is a song cycle of extraordinary emotion, power and precision from the metallic clank of the opening 'An Attack of the Good Grace' the influences of Michael Nyman and Phillip Glass are immediately obvious; yet Brown has such a distinctive way with a melody that every composition is fully his own – haunting string and oboe lines glide effortlessly over repetitive percussive xylophone and vibraphone. The title track is reminiscent of Ryuichi Sakamoto's 'Rain (I want a divorce)', The Blue Nile's 'Walk Across the Rooftops' and Burial's 'Archangel' in its rain-drenched beauty whilst 'First Re-appearance' takes the minimalist approach to its ultimate conclusion only revealing its warped melody after several minutes of churning loops reminiscent of a neo-classical take on Third Eye Foundations off-kilter discordance.

The Gallows is released as part of a limited edition two CD set along with Royal College O' Surgeons, a full length album comprised of tracks recorded during the making of both The Gallows and his first album Iron Henry that didn't make it onto either final cut. Don't let this fool you into thinking these are out-takes. This is a fully realised album of amazing scope and breadth. 'Earlier, I thought I saw John Dee' is the best song Rachel's never recorded whilst 'You mustn't stop clapping your hands (or you will die, you will die)' is Browns most strung out textured work to date recalling Seefeel's fractured ambience.


Norman Records - Album of the Week
Jumbo Records - Pick of the Week

http://www.myspace.com/garethsbrown

quite a few gigs coming up from those people who have graduated from the school of hood

firstly chris adams project bracken

25 Jun MUSIC BOX MANCHESTER, UK with SOLE (Anticon)
27 Jun Cadiz, Spain TANNED TIN 15 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
13 Jul BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB, LEEDS, with EFTERKLANG
19 Jul BENICASSIM FESTIVAL SPAIN
01 Aug PACK HORSE, LEEDS, UK - Gareth S Brown 'The Gallows' Launch party


http://www.myspace.com/brackenmusic

secondly

Richard V Adams new group The Declining Winter (all dates UK)

!5 June The Shakespeare Sheffield
16 June Arts Centre Norwich
17 Jun 2008 Bardens Boudoir London
1 Aug 2008 The Pack Horse Leeds

http://www.myspace.com/thedecliningwinter

and the new Gareth S Brown CD 'The Gallows' will be in stores from Aug 4th with dates to follow

http://www.myspace.com/garethsbrown


thank you

hello

theres quite a bit of news actually - all Hood related rather than
Hood but you expected that didn't you?


THE DECLINING WINTER

First up, the debut CD by The Declining Winter 'Goodbye Minnesota' is
released on Monday 5th May on Rusted Rail. Now theres only 500 of them
so for the moment they are going to be difficult to get hold of
especially for our friends in North America. The best places to buy
them from are as follows:-

Direct from the label: http://www.rustedrail.com/shop3.html
Norman Records (UK): http://www.normanrecords.com/records/98160
Linus Records (Japan): http://www.linusrecords.jp/recommend/2008/0425/


Please note that the limited edition first 100 with postcard and badge
have sold out.

In case you were wondering, The Declining Winter is the solo project
of Richard Vincent Adams co-founder of Hood. We'll save you the waffle
of trying to describe it and instead send you to the last fm page
where you can hear the majority of the album for yourself!

http://www.last.fm/music/The+Declining+Winter


You may also want to visit the new official website which has loads of
nice pictures and unreleased songs.

http://www.thedecliningwinter.com

or visit the myspace

http://www.myspace.com/thedecliningwinter



Declining Winter tour dates (all UK)

4 May The Salford Arms, Manchester
22 May Stereo w/ Stars of the Lid, Glasgow
23 May tbc Edinburgh
25 May Holy Trinity Church w/ Stars of the Lid Leeds
30 May The Vine Sowerby Bridge
16 Jun Arts Centre Norwich
17 Jun Bardens Boudoir London




BRACKEN

Christopher Adams also heads out there into the big wide world with his
Bracken project. The dates are below. Theres a release due for summer but
we
don't know too much more about that yet. In other news the 'Eno about the
Need' LP made it back to the UK unscathed!


24 May Neu! Club, MADRID with XIU XIU and APSE MADRID, Spain
25 May BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB with ANTI-POP CONSORTIUM LEEDS, UK
25 Jun MUSIC BOX, with SOLE (Anticon) MANCHESTER, UK
13 Jul BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB, LEEDS, with EFTERKLANG Leeds, UK
20 Jul BENICASSIM FESTIVAL SPAIN

http://www.myspace.com/brackenmusic


GARETH S BROWN


It seems like we've been saying it for years but the new CD from
Gareth S Brown will be out in the next month or so. You wait years for
a Gareth S Brown album to come along and (potentially) three come
along at once. This is because 'The Gallows' is now a double
containing a bonus album 'Royal College O' Surgeons' ......and if you
are quick the first 50 copies come with third bonus album called
'Early Mammals'.

All will be released on Misplaced Music. Please contact them for more
details

http://www.misplacedmusic.co.uk

You can hear some previews here:-

http://www.myspace.com/garethsbrown


thats it then

love as always
hood xx