March 25, 2005 | Posted by mark at 1:15 AM

Same Problem As Usual

Hood
Hood - The Lost You

Somewhere between Godspeed you! Black Emperor and Prefuse 73 is Leeds' Hood. They've been crafting their low-fi, orchestral cut and paste rock for more than 10 years, with a discography as long as my arm. Last year they came out with The Lost You ep to preview this year's Outside Closer album, with this track appearing on both. The song chugs along on fierce percussive pistons, with vocal melodies swirling in one channel and out the other. It's that wonderful kind of dreamy post-rock tension that I'm a huge fan of. It's the type of music that only comes from cold wet climates, like England, Canada and Scotland.

This new album on Domino is not nearly as glitchy as their last one, Cold House, and doesn't have any emcees on it (except for some glottal pops from Dose One). It's much more post-rock than hip hop this time around, but it's cool to see the band constantly changing. Both the album and the EP are worth having, if you're a fan of this type of music.

You can buy the Lost You EP or the Outside Closer LP from our friends at Insound. You can catch them on tour tonight (Friday) at the Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco, or Saturday night at the Knitting Factory in LA.

Comments

Great song, I posted it on earfuzz a couple weeks ago. I liked the album a lot, but I was VERY disappointed by their recent live show here in Montreal, so Cali buyers beware.

Posted by: killermike at March 25, 2005 10:49 AM

Great tune.

Posted by: D at March 25, 2005 11:50 AM

outside closer is a GREAT album and hood's concert in Paris was incredible. their drummer is just amazing !

Posted by: nicolas at March 25, 2005 4:37 PM

i don't know, honestly, i love cold house, and i just can not dig outside closer the same way. i guess you're right, it is a totally different style, even, but it's so much more downbeat, even downtrodden... i gave it a quick listen in the radio studio here, and it seemed like every song was a break-up song... please tell me i'm wrong, but i think i like cold house better... (although i do adore this song, it may be the best on the album?)

Posted by: david at March 25, 2005 5:57 PM

outside closer is one of those albums you have to listen many times and at home to get what's going on. cold house was much more immediate. give it a try...best album 2005 so far. it's true "the lost you" is very different from the rest of the album

Posted by: nicolas at March 26, 2005 6:05 AM

I like this song a lot. I'm going to have to put this cd on my "to check out" list.

Posted by: Sarah at March 28, 2005 12:02 AM
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