{"title":"Hood","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-hood-tapes","title":"The Hood Tapes","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe last widely available Hood album was 2005’s critically acclaimed\u003ci\u003e Outside Closer\u003c\/i\u003e on Domino Records but the Leeds post-rockers actually released a later collection of songs entitled \u003ci\u003eThe Hood Tapes\u003c\/i\u003e. 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\u003ci\u003e Recollected \u003c\/i\u003ebox 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Hood Tapes\u003c\/i\u003e 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\u0026amp;b influenced pop they sprinkled over that last \u003ci\u003eOutside Closer\u003c\/i\u003e missive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hood Tapes\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eThe Hood Tapes \u003c\/i\u003etherefore is an overlooked key component to their storied history and this essential release brings it in line with their more well-known work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Acuarela","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50455246668107,"sku":"1133163","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/c6a2e13c-45e5-4d76-84ab-d33c5c2b0421_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727189730"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/hood.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}