Its almost inconceivable but Hood alumni The Declining Winter have written a song to commemorate the 2010 World Cup. It was released on Home Assembly Music on June 14th. The limited edition version has free postcards and specially made band panini stickers Only available here: http://www.homeassemblymusic.com/buy.php Download now available from ITUNES and AMAZON

Some news from The Declining Winter We are thrilled to announce the release of The Declining Winter 'Goodbye Minnesota' vinyl edition. This is limited to strictly 250 copies and comes on 180g heavyweight vinyl in a handmade double fronted sleeve. Each copy comes with an exclusive used postcard and contains a bonus track not found on the original CD version. Orders will be shipped from Friday 16th April onwards. To order please go here Visit The Declining Winter website for all the latest news.................... http://www.thedecliningwinter.com

A small morsel of news in that our long out of print compilations 'Singles Compiled' and 'Compilations 1995-2002' have had a limited re-press ahead of their vinyl release and will be available from March 22 from any record shops that see fit to stock them. PRE-ORDER Singled Compiled Compilations 1995-2002

The Declining Winter (inc Hood's R V Adams and G S Brown) and Fieldhead are going on tour in February 2010 - catch them in the following places: 13 - Birmingham (UK) | Colour at Island Bar 14 - Welwyn Garden City (UK) | Ludwick Family Centre 15 - London (UK) | Wilmington Arms 16 - Gent (BE) | Cafe Video 17 - Antwerp (BE) | Kavka 18 - Brussels (BE) | Les Ateliers Claus 19 - Metz (FR) | L'Emile Vache 20 - Luxembourg (LU) | D:Qliq

Christmas is coming and ex Hood person Mark Wright is celebrating by releasing a limited edition EP of festive songs. Hopefully this will bide him time to finish his long awaited LP. Only available from Norman Records.