Cold House

Q - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Out there, but compelling all the same..." Magnet - "...Another step in Hood's continually compelling sonic evolution..." Alternative Press - 9 out of 10 - "...They are the penultimate rolling stone...and they show no signs of slowing....COLD HOUSE provides evidence that their time in the sun is long overdue..." NME - 8 out of 10 - "...A great album..." Spin - 8 out of 10 - "...Mope rock for the laptop era....Updating this dream pop-meets-electronica formula...offering glitch with a human face...adding another element in from left-field: hip-hop..." Uncut - 4 stars out of 5 - "...[An] hypnotic dream-map of astral drift and space-age chamber music, textured jazztronica and technoid pulse..." Spin (12/01, p.163) - 8 out of 10 - "...Mope rock for the laptop era....Updating this dream pop-meets-electronica formula...offering glitch with a human face...adding another element in from left-field: hip-hop..." Q (12/01, p.137) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Out there, but compelling all the same..." Uncut (12/01, p.106) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...[An] hypnotic dream-map of astral drift and space-age chamber music, textured jazztronica and technoid pulse..." Alternative Press (12/01, p.83) - 9 out of 10 - "...They are the penultimate rolling stone...and they show no signs of slowing....COLD HOUSE provides evidence that their time in the sun is long overdue..." Magnet (12-1/02, p.89) - "...Another step in Hood's continually compelling sonic evolution..." NME (11/17/01, p.46) - 8 out of 10 - "...A great album..."

Fifth album from Leeds post-rock outfit. Slow-building guitar workouts with strings, woodwind and electronic interludes, similar in style to Fridge and Mogwai. On this release they have been more influenced by underground US hip-hop acts such as Clouddead.|

イギリスは西ヨークシャーから届けられた、フッドの最新作。これで3作目となる彼らだけれど、ここで彼らが切り拓いて見せてくれた風景は、彼らが興味をもっているエレクトロニカや、USアンダーグラウンド・ヒップホップへのシンパシーを、新しい歌として立ち上げるスリリングな瞬間。エレクトロニクスで断片化／再構成される歌声のメロウさは、ダビングされた夢のよう。そのエモーションが、深く静かに突き刺さる。
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