the ritualistic repeating of a 3-3-2 riff pattern in more or less every song, the cold repetitive nature of the guitar work, the sense of outsiderness and impenetrability. idk. gives me similar vibes
― imago, Monday, 20 November 2017 23:03 (six years ago) link
I probably need to listen to the middle 2 albums again. I got into Hood circa Silent '88 via Boyracer/Slumberland connections I guess, got that album and the first one, then forgot about them until years later I saw them mentioned on ILM and listened to all the later ones, but didn't really get into the middle ones, I liked Cold House & Outside Closer though.
― Colonel Poo, Monday, 20 November 2017 23:05 (six years ago) link
the grim evocation of place and weather
i know 3-3-2 riffs aren't a bm thing but the very fact that this album has a go-to guitar pattern makes it quite bm-y imo, it's like hood's very own version of blastbeats
silent 88 is good btw yeah
― imago, Monday, 20 November 2017 23:06 (six years ago) link
outsideness too i guess. though on a bare yorkshire hillside rather than in some gloomy boreal forest obv — xps
― damian green is people (NickB), Monday, 20 November 2017 23:08 (six years ago) link
yep
― imago, Monday, 20 November 2017 23:08 (six years ago) link
I regret that it took me about four years to get round to listening to them, so i missed the slumberland stuff at the time - the name hood was just so unappealing
― damian green is people (NickB), Monday, 20 November 2017 23:11 (six years ago) link
wish I could remember who it was that said they'd have been much more popular if they'd called themselves The Hood
Cycle... was the one that really leaned me when I revisited all these circa the boxset's release a few years back
― thirst trap your hare (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 00:28 (six years ago) link
this is the perfect time to listen to them. perfect for grim, introspective longing on a cold november morning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z_aez6GGpQ
― hackshaw, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 01:04 (six years ago) link
I remember that I didn't think that much of "Cycle..." when I first heard it many years ago, but it continues to quietly weave its spell with every listen. It's so fragile that I feel I have to lower my expectations whenever I play it, just in case it buckles under the pressure. I'd vote for it, but I fear it'd be like shining a searchlight on a dormouse and would startle it back into the hedgerows, never to be seen again.
So I've gone for "Outside Closer" instead. Always seems to be mentioned as a bit of an afterthought when people write about Hood, perhaps because it doesn't represent such a distinct "phase" in their work. But it's nigh on perfect in my eyes.
― mr_ig, Tuesday, 21 November 2017 14:03 (six years ago) link
I loved these guys in the late 90s - Rustic Houses and loads of 7”s. I remember hearing Cycles one time in a store and thinking it breathtaking, but then never seeing another copy of the album until only a few years ago.
But whatever spell Hood cast is broken now. I find almost everything to be amateur, tuneless wallowing. Their moodiness seemed so exquisite when I was 22. Now it fills me with impatience.
I go back to them every few years, including this week thanks to this poll. But I just don’t think they’ve aged well at all.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Monday, 27 November 2017 05:10 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Sunday, 3 December 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 4 December 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link
I can't believe this travesty of a result has passed without comment.
― djh, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 22:58 (six years ago) link
yeah i don't get cold house at all, it seems their weakest record. even including silent '88. can't remember the first album at all mind
― imago, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 23:00 (six years ago) link
After some recent re-listening I would now say that both Rustic Houses and Cycle of Days are superior records (the former would now get my vote) but Cold House is definitely still better than Outside Closer or Silent '88 (I've never heard Cabled Linear Traction).
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 23:07 (six years ago) link
I totally get Cold House. And yes, it's way way better than Outside Closer.
Results are still a tragedy though. Other person who voted Rustic Houses, will you marry me?
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 7 December 2017 00:18 (six years ago) link
uhhhh
― imago, Thursday, 7 December 2017 01:30 (six years ago) link
I saw these guys circa Cold House (with clouddead/themselves) and it was pretty magnificent..
― brimstead, Thursday, 7 December 2017 04:05 (six years ago) link
xp lmao 't was you LJ? Man of my word, me.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 7 December 2017 10:37 (six years ago) link
(ahhh I see... should've scrolled up :-/ :D)
suggest banns for the pair of you
― faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 7 December 2017 10:39 (six years ago) link
haha, A+
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 7 December 2017 10:39 (six years ago) link
i regret everything
everything
etc
― imago, Thursday, 7 December 2017 13:17 (six years ago) link