Hood are an English

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band from

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, formed in 1991. The band consists of brothers Chris and Richard Adams, and friends (including, at times, Craig Tattersall and Andrew Johnson of

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, and Nicola Hodgkinson of Empress).Hsieh, Christine, 1 February 2005
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History

Hood's first releases were very limited vinyl singles on various small independent record labels. In 1994, record labels Fluff and

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released Hood's first full length album, '' Cabled Linear Traction''. Slumberland also released 1996's '' Silent '88'', and the following year Happy Go Lucky Records released '' Structured Disasters'', a compilation of tracks from singles. All featured a large number of short tracks (many of less than a minute), a mixture of

, noise experiments reminiscent of Sonic Youth or Pavement, and an increasing interest in electronics. In 1997, Domino Records signed Hood and released the single "Useless". Produced by Matt Elliott (better known as the Third Eye Foundation), it was a far more straightforward and tuneful song than any they had released so far. Elliott toured with the band, and produced the albums '' Rustic Houses, Forlorn Valleys'' and '' The Cycle of Days and Seasons''. Like the single, these abandoned the short songs and instrumental snippets for longer pieces, with a pastoral sound similar to

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. The band continued to release singles for other labels; "The Weight", for 555 Recordings, was a return to the older style with eight tracks on a 7" disc. Collaborating with friends

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and Why? from the

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collective, Hood released their fifth album, ''

Cold House ''Cold House'' is the fifth studio album by English post-rock band Hood. It was released on Domino Recording Company on 12 November 2001. Three tracks feature vocal contributions from Doseone and Why?, two-thirds of the hip hop group Clouddead ...

'' in 2001. The work combined elements of post-rock, IDM, and

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with Doseone and Why?'s lyrical talents and featured the single "You Show No Emotion At All".Harris, Simon
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, Tiny Mix Tapes. In 2003, most of the band's single and compilation tracks from the years since ''Structured Disasters'' were collected on '' Singles Compiled'' (a double CD), and '' Compilations 1995-2002''. Neither contains any of the tracks recorded for Domino, but some unreleased material is included on the singles collection.Ott, Chris, 24 April 2003
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, Pitchforkmedia. In early 2005, after additional line-up changes, Hood released ''

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''. The tracks 'The Lost You' and 'The Negatives' were released as singles. Since the release of ''Outside Closer'', Hood has toured with Why? promoting his album ''

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'' and released various remixes: including 'The Negatives' with vocals by British MC

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. Chris also has a solo side project called

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, and in 2007 released the album '' We Know About the Need'' on

. In 2007 Richard Adams formed a side project

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, releasing a 7" single, ''The Future Sound of Hip Hop parts 1 & 2'', and an album ''Goodbye Minnesota'' and further albums on a variety of labels. In 2012, Domino Records released a six disc compilation box set called ''Recollected'' to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the release of ''

''.

Discography

Studio albums

*'' Cabled Linear Traction'' (1994) *'' Silent '88'' (1996) *'' Rustic Houses, Forlorn Valleys'' (1998) *'' The Cycle of Days and Seasons'' (1999) *''

'' (2001) *''

'' (2005)

Compilation albums

*'' Structured Disasters'' (1997) *'' Compilations 1995-2002'' (2003) *''Singles Compiled'' (2003) *''Recollected'' (six CD box set) (2012)

Singles

*"Sirens" (1992) *"Opening into Enclosure" (1993) *"57 White Bread" (1994) *"Carmine" (split) (1995) *"A Harbour of Thoughts" (1995) *"Hem" (split) (1995) *"Lee Faust's Million Piece Orchestra" (1995) *"I've Forgotten How to Live" (1996) *"Secrets Now Known to Others" (

Earworm Records Earworm Records was a London-based independent record label, with its first release by the band Hood in 1997. Other bands to release music on the label include Yo La Tengo, Electric Sound of Joy, Of Montreal, Stars of the Lid, Windy & Carl, ...

, 1996) *"Useless"' (1997) *"Filmed Initiative" (1998) *"The Year of Occasional Lull" (1998) *"(The) Weight" (1998) *"Steward" (split) (2000) *"Home is Where it Hurts" (2001) *"Photographers" (2001) *"You Show No Emotion at All" (2002) *"Themselves" (split) (2004) *" The Lost You" (2004) *"

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" (2005)

References

External links

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BBC interview

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