Outside Closer (2005)

About this title: Calling Hood the post-rock Madonna would be a stretch, but it's a comparison worth considering. For well over a decade now, the Leeds band has been nothing if not attentive, picking up on new trends within their sphere, evaluating them, and incorporating the good ideas into their records as they simultaneously refine themselves -- all this while seeming to arrive at their songs with the finesse of a wayward drunk stumbling into a doorway that just happens to lead to a bar stool. Occasionally they take the good ideas and improve upon them. And they always sound like Hood, even when they sound ... read more

Tracks:

1. (Int) [Hood]
2. The Negatives [Hood]
3. Any Hopeful Thoughts Arrive [Hood]
4. End of One Train Working [Hood]
5. Winter 72 [Hood]
6. The Lost You [Hood]
7. Still Rain Fell [Hood]
8. 1. Fading Hills [Hood]
9. Closure [Hood]
10. This Is It Forever [Hood]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.