Hood - Singles Compiled 2xCD

Singles Compiled does just that and collects all the bands out of print singles between 1995 and 1998. A follow up in a way to Structured Disasters. Due to the vast amount of material this double CD includes 15 previously unreleased tracks (denoted below with an asterisk) and an eight page booklet with liner notes by the band. The music veers wildly between lo–fi pop, acoustic electro experiments, avant noise and expansive post rock and is essential for any discerning fan.

The initial run of CDs in 2003 sold out long ago, but these have now been repressed are again available. This and Compilations 1995-2002 will be released on limited edition audiophile vinyl in autumn of 2010.

Songs

  1. A Harbour of Thoughts
  2. Disappointed
  3. Uneven Conversation Should Point To Cause
  4. Forced By The Reasoning Hand
  5. John Clyde-Evans
  6. Clues To Our Past And Future Existence
  7. Myself
  8. Failed Medic
  9. Biochemistry Revision Can Wait
  10. England's Fine Fields
  11. I've Forgotten How To Live
  12. Rocck? I Can't Even Spell The Word
  13. Dismissed Army Brought Us Knives
  14. One Way Negative Friend Utilisation
  15. Stricken Office Worker
  16. I've Forgotten How To Live
  17. The Weather Side Of Stone Mill Tower
  18. Dimensions T.B.A (abridged)
  19. Forehead
  20. Crow Blown West
  21. Beware! Falling Ox
  22. I'm Turning Into A Cart
  23. Further Woodland
  24. 20x
  25. Visions Of Old Machinery
  26. Sometimes Doomed
  27. You Should Never Feel Alone In This World
  28. Crushed By Life
  29. (The) Weight
  30. Fallen Farmer
  31. We Are Not Promote
  32. Impossible Calm
  33. Feel The Rush
  34. (Coming In From The Avant Garde)
  35. I Know What To Squander
  36. Mast-On-Hill
  37. Collapsing Climate Soul
  38. Filmed Initiative
  39. As Evening Changed The Day
  40. The Year Of Occasional Lull
  41. Fog Projections
  42. Innocence Of Brittle Days*
  43. 6/8*
  44. We'll Never Live Up To The First LP*
  45. Consulting Architecture*
  46. Create!*
  47. I Held Her In My Arms*
  48. Leaves Across The Road*
  49. Landlocked*
  50. To Emphasise Words*
  51. The Go-Between*
  52. Piano*
  53. State Of The Art*

Reviews

Boomkat

“…A round up of all their rare and obscure single & EP vinyl offerings from 1995 - 1998 (the days when Boomkat/CCO faves Andrew and Craig 'Remote Viewer' featured in the band’s make-up). Musically moving through fried thrash blues to beautifully rustic driftscapes, noise blasts and lo-fi experimental pop - a Sonic Youth influence is never to far away. Inside you'll find an eight page booklet with short, funny and to the point liner notes from the band. 59!! tracks in total, 15 of which are previously unreleased rescued from labels such as Orange, 555, Orgasm, Earworm, Happy Go Lucky and Rocket Racer. Highly recommended, blissful music.”

Norman Records

“Old muckers of Stewart A, Leeds' very own Hood (they were 555's very first band!) have two comprehensive retrospectives out on the burgeoning Misplaced Music of Pudsey, Leeds. The original shambling indie pioneers, these two fascinating CDs highlight how they've staggered from No-Fi indie racketeering ala Pavement/Dead C/Thinking Fellers to more subtle Anglo-folk inflected beauty later on. Gasp in wonder at the blossoming sensitivity and groundbreaking structures and more out there influences as the discs progress. The first, 'Singles Compiled' features a 2nd CD of mostly unreleased stuff as well as the impossible to find 7"s on Rocket Racer, Earworm and 555 on CD1. The other CD compiles most of the tracks used on compilations from around the world so is absolutely indispensible to the hardened Hood fan (lots of you out there!) Both serve as an ideal accompaniment to the 'Structured Disasters' comp on Happy Go Lucky. Leeds' most enduring band methinks (longer serving than The Wedding Present even) and still endearingly young!)”

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