A new project from occasional Hood member Nicola Hodgkinson and Chris Coyle who were formerly known under the Empress moniker. It's just been released on the Mobeer label of former Hood members Craig Tattersall and Andrew Johnson. This 3" CD is limited to only 375, so best be in there quick. New North Wales on MySpace Buy: Norman Records | Home Normal

It seems one of our bigger jobs on a yearly basis is to update this page and just move the year ahead by one. So the band is continuing its extended hiatus, once again though below is the latest on the side projects and a few re-issues. Chris is working under the Bracken moniker and is currently working on the follow up to his We Know About the Need album on Anticon. Richard is working on new The Declining Winter material following up 2009's Haunt the Upper Hallways opus on Home Assembly Music. Gaz is Gareth S. Brown and has released two albums on Misplaced Music. New material on Misplaced Music is due in Spring 2010. Mark is Maggie8 and is working on his debut album after several limited edition releases. There are some plans for re-issues of older Hood material in the pipeline, the first of which will be a limited vinyl pressing of Singles Compiled and Compilations 1995-2002 on Misplaced Music due autumn/winter 2010.

Crumbs in the Butter has posted a retrospective article on major Hood influence Disco Inferno. With an intro written by Hood's R.V. Adams and an interview with the great Ian Crause himself, it's well worth a read.

Our past comes back to haunt us in this wonderful 35 song CD and book charting the evolution of several bands hailing from the quaint West Yorkshire market town of Wetherby. As well as a CD you get a book with stories and photos. Theres six unreleased Hood songs on there. We hold absolutely no responsibility for hearing damage or shock caused bt these recordings. Buy from Norman Records or direct from 555 Recordings.

Bracken is the solo project of Chris Adams. They have released two full length albums and a 12" EP. Norman Records review 'We Know About the Need': Quietly legendary, mildly esoteric, shrouded in mystery, HOOD are Leeds' treasured sons of the understated, experimental underground that has thrived like a rampant mushroom in the last 15 years, seemingly around the nucleus of what they dared to create/de-construct within the parameters of 'indie' music. Now singer/figurehead Chris Adams finally steps out of the shadows with his superb solo project BRACKEN. You've all loved the gorgeous single (yes, we just had to give 'Heathens' SOTW) and that song just blossoms with repeated listens. It's his quest for bringing warmth & feeling into the sometimes cold & alien landscape of left field experimentation. Chris has always sought to create something fresh from the sound of old machines working shoulder to shoulder with modern technology whilst creating a music that never looses it's 'boy next door' feel. The bedroom DIY ethic is prevelent here but can I be the first to say that's possibly the vibe Thom Yorke was feeling when he aproached work on 'The Eraser'? Always forward thinking, sparawling & ambitious, this sounds like ...