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

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

On November 28th come to Leeds Holy Trinity Church where you can witness a performance by The Declining Winter alongside Songs of Green Pheasant, Lanterns on the Lake and Michael Rossiter. There will be visuals and dj's and you can bring your own refreshments. The usual apologies to those not near Leeds. There are plans afoot to attempt to document the night in some way, visually, audio(ly) or however.

The Declining Winter (Hood's Richard Adams and friends) have several autumn shows lined up off the back of their recent 'Haunt the Upper Hallways' 7" and CD set on Home Assembly Music. 24 October FZW Dortmund, Germany with The Pattern Theory 25 October JAZ Rostock, Germany with The Pattern Theory 26 October NBi Berlin, Germany with The Pattern Theory 28 November Holy Trinity Church Leeds, UK with Songs of Green Pheasant, Lanterns on the Lake and Michael Rossiter