Richard and Gareth are out on the road this August as part of Anglo-American collective Memory Drawings. Dates are as follows:-
18th York Basement
19th London Cafe Oto (Tickets: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/279822)
20th TBC
21st Manchester Castle Hotel (Tickets: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/279188)
22nd Bradford Fuse Art Space FREE ENTRY
Memory Drawings new album ‘There Is No Perfect Place’ is out on August 14th on Hibernate. Here is a sneak preview…..
The debut album from Hood/Remote Viewer alumnus Andrew Johnson is now available to pre-order over at Norman Records. Its a double vinyl (plus download) release of just 250.
Listen to soundcloud clips here:
Ridiculously limited to just 100 copies, San Francisco label Sanity Muffin have issued a brand new C50 cassette of The Declining Winter recordings.
Copies available from Sanity Muffin (US) Norman Records (UK)
UPDATE: Cassette now sold out but is available to download via Bandcamp
Memory Drawings (inc R Adams, G Brown) have shared a track taken from their forthcoming ‘There Is No Perfect Place’ album due 2014. You can have a listen here……..
New project from Andrew Johnson (Hood, Remote Viewer) coming 2014 on Home Assembly Music.
Music Video for A New Line (Related)’s “Vote Malcolm Eden” from Philipp Bückle on Vimeo.
The Declining Winter (aka Richard Adams and friends) return with a brand new 10″ on French label Monopsone. It is part of their ‘Fragments’ series and is released on May 1st 2013. You can pre-order the record HERE and below is a home spun video for the final track on the EP ‘Shore Leave’
Yes, It’s true. One part of Hood, Richard Adams has released a brand new three track EP under his The Declining Winter moniker. It is FREE to download but will only be available until the end of October. please go to The Declining Winter bandcamp page to claim your copy.
The Memory Drawings UK Tour starts this Thursday! The dates are:
12 – Books for Amnesty shop, YORK (w. Ten). – 8pm, tickets by donation from shop
13 – Wharf Chambers, LEEDS (w.Maggie 8, Ithaca Trio, Ten ) Info – http://www.wharfchambers.org/.
14 – Cafe Kino, BRISTOL (w.Ten, Manyfingers and Headfall) Info – http://www.cafe-kino.com/.
15 – Split Festival [Secret Venue TBA), SUNDERLAND (w. Matt Stalker, Fables, Deerhart). Info – http://www.splitfestival.com/home.htm.
16 – Sacred Trinity Chapel, SALFORD (w. River Run, J.Collin) Info – http://www.littleredrabbit.co.uk/trinity.htm
As a reminder Memory Drawings is the latest project containing Hood’s Richard Adams and Gareth S Brown.
Here is a lo fi, homespun video of rehearsals
Our friends at Autres Directions webzine have produced a lovely series of articles on Hood written by several kindhearted folk such as Ben Holton from Epic 45, Philipp Buckle (Team Forest),the Autres Directions team and an ancient interview with the then youthful Richard Adams.
You should check it out here But not only that, they have produced a wonderful Hood covers EP, which is free to download, the tracklist is as follows:-
My Autumn Empire “The Weight”
EL Heath “Norfolk”
Arc Vel “You Show No Emotion At All”
The Toy Library “The Field Is Cut”
Part Timer “Years First Storm”
Here’s a video of a track from the just released Memory Drawings album ‘Music For Another Loss’. Memory Drawings is Richard Adams (Hood) alongside Joel Hanson, Sarah Kemp (Lanterns on the Lake), and Gareth S Brown (Hood). The album features a bonus CD containing remixes by Bracken, Dakota Suite, Rachel Grimes (Rachels) and Piano Magic. Available from Second Language and Norman Records