Name: The Hood Tapes
Brand: Hood

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

NOIS1122LP

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Black

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-06-03

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Signed copies: No

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Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

710535489958

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Hood

Genre GB

Post Rock

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Acuarela

Acuarela is a Spanish independent music label that was founded in 1993 by poet and translator *a2565776* (AKA *a6073432*) along with music journalist *a4021278* and José Luis Villalobos. From the beginning, they received collaboration and assistance from *a1948874* of the label *l5634*. Acuarela has been responsible for the production and distribution of various albums under the (p) and (c) rights of *l46741*, as well as handling publishing rights through *l598422*. With their unique blend of talents, Acuarela continues to be a prominent force in the independent music scene.

The last widely available Hood album was 2005’s critically acclaimed Outside Closer on Domino Records but the Leeds post-rockers actually released a later collection of songs entitled The Hood Tapes. This was presented at the time as a tour-only CD available at their final burst of shows and later part of their highly sought after Recollected box set. Until now the standalone album has been impossible to find even on CD and has never been issued on vinyl. In the sleeve notes to the Recollected set, the band describe the album as ‘something made in a hurry in order to have something to sell on the road’ but The Hood Tapes is a lot more than that. It contains all new music that seems to straddle their career from scratchy experimental New Zealand weirdo lo-fi to the stuttery and staccato r&amp;b influenced pop they sprinkled over that last Outside Closer missive.

The Hood Tapes could also be seen as a series of sketches of potential future musical avenues open to the band who eventually instead chose to remain silent and although key band members still operate under such names as Bracken, The Declining Winter and A New Line (Related), there has never been any further work issued under the Hood umbrella. The Hood Tapes therefore is an overlooked key component to their storied history and this essential release brings it in line with their more well-known work.

The Hood Tapes

Music GB

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