Hood - Cold House
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Artist: HoodEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2001-11-13
Music Label: Aesthetics Records
Soundtracks:
- They Removed All Trace That Anything Had Ever Happened Here
- You Show No Emotion At All
- Branches Bare
- Enemy Of Time
- The Winter Hit Hard
- I Can't Find My Brittle Youth
- This Is What We Do To Sell Out(s)
- The River Curls Around The Town
- Lines Low To Frozen Ground
- You're Worth The Whole World
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Free Music Review: Unlike most other works
Hit: 4 Stars
I found this album, taking a listen because I had never heard of a band named Hood...
I'll say that this record does require your time to really get to know it. Patience and repeated listens, not something uncommon in the indie/post rock territory. Some say it's on par with Kid A, and being a Radiohead fan I can agree - slightly. Cold House feels to me to be more organic, but 'colder' (forgive my pun) than Kid A. Kid A has the production of Nigel Godrich, while Cold House does not. This shows through in track organization and overall feel. But don't get me wrong. I'm a fan of this record.
In terms of sounds, the glitch sounds are more prominent, and some have just the right attack and pitch to make my skin crawl. There are more beats, many of the tracks have a trippy-dance feel to them. I think you could dance to them if you wanted to (not recommended with Kid A)...there is more flow, more singing. Overall it seems to me like Hood is comfortable being different, as if the band existed in this vein of music their whole career (which I cannot verify since I haven't heard any earlier recordings, just this and Outside Closer) while Kid A set out to be that way.
In conclusion, undeniable are the similarities to Kid A, and this is entirely reasonable because Cold House was released a year later.
Personally I find the opener and track 2 to be my favorites, with 2 as my number one. They have beautiful instrumentation and a heavy beat, as well as enough sensible(?) lyrics to keep your attention.
Give this unusual gem a try, and you'll see what I and these other reviewers mean.
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