Hood are an experimental band from Leeds, UK formed in December 1990. The c… Read Full Bio ↴Hood are an experimental band from Leeds, UK formed in December 1990. The core of the band features brothers Richard and Chris Adams, joined by various different friends over the years. With influences from New Zealand's Flying Nun label and Aphex Twin, and stylistic similarities to The Cure, Mogwai, My Bloody Valentine, Pavement and Boards of Canada, their style of music often changes from ambient rock, to glitch to shoegaze.
Their first releases were very limited vinyl singles on various different small, indie, and some now defunct, record labels, although 555 records who released '(The) Weight' in 1998 is still alive.
In 1994, record labels Fluff and Slumberland released Hood's first full length album, entitled 'Cabled Linear Traction'. It was a landmark for the band, some still say it's their best album. It had similarities to bands like The Cure, Sonic Youth and Pavement.
The album was issued on CD in 1999 by Slumberland, who also released 1996's 'Silent 88' album. The latter was similar sounding to 'CLT', but with much more experimentation going on and far more use of electronics.
A collection of limited and rare singles was put together by Happy Go Lucky records in 1997 and released on CD and vinyl, the vinyl version coming with a free 7" record.
In 1997, Domino Record Co snapped up Hood and released the single 'Useless'. A lo-fi indie electronica affair, not too dissimilar to the aforementioned '(The) Weight' released the next year.
Around this time Chris was releasing instrumental electronic material as Downpour, often involving heavily distorted drum and bass.
After another handful of singles and eps for Domino, they released the album 'Rustic Houses, Forlorn Valleys' in 1998. A dense, dark and tension building album, sounding somewhere in between Labradford, Mogwai and Massive Attack and produced by the band and Matt Elliott from Third Eye Foundation.
A year later came 'The Cycle of Days and Seasons', once again produced by Matt Elliott. With an ever changing line up still revolving around the two brothers, the sound of the band changed yet again, moving further into indie electronics.
Colaborating with friends Doseone and Why? from the Anticon collective came Hoods 5th studio album 'Cold House' in 2001, their most well known and collectively appreciated ablum. It contained elements of Post Rock, IDM, Indie as well as Doseone and Why?'s voice and lyric talents. Features the single 'You Show No Emotion At All'. Released on Domino.
In early 2005, Hood released 'Outside Closer', an emotional journey through ambience and hip hop beats. More line up changes occured, meaning this album was yet again different to the previous. Taking influence from The Remote Viewer, Prefuse 73 and Empress (the singer of which appears on the album). The tracks 'The Lost You' and 'The Negatives' were released as singles, featuring b-sides and videos for the tracks.
Since the release of 'Outside Closer' Hood have toured with Why? promoting his new album 'Elephant Eyelash' and released various remixes.
During 2006, Gareth S Brown, who played in the aforementioned tour, has been working on a solo album, due for release in November on Richard's girlfriend's label Misplaced Pets.
Currently due for release on record label anticon, is a solo album from Hood lead singer Chris Adams under the name of Bracken. The lead single from the album, titled 'Heathens', is due out in November, the album, titled 'We Know About the Need' follows in January.
In 2007 Richard Adams formed a side project The Declining Winter which has spawned a 7" The Future Sound of Hip Hop parts 1 and 2 and an album Goodbye Minnesota.
There are no plans for any further Hood releases.
Their first releases were very limited vinyl singles on various different small, indie, and some now defunct, record labels, although 555 records who released '(The) Weight' in 1998 is still alive.
In 1994, record labels Fluff and Slumberland released Hood's first full length album, entitled 'Cabled Linear Traction'. It was a landmark for the band, some still say it's their best album. It had similarities to bands like The Cure, Sonic Youth and Pavement.
The album was issued on CD in 1999 by Slumberland, who also released 1996's 'Silent 88' album. The latter was similar sounding to 'CLT', but with much more experimentation going on and far more use of electronics.
A collection of limited and rare singles was put together by Happy Go Lucky records in 1997 and released on CD and vinyl, the vinyl version coming with a free 7" record.
In 1997, Domino Record Co snapped up Hood and released the single 'Useless'. A lo-fi indie electronica affair, not too dissimilar to the aforementioned '(The) Weight' released the next year.
Around this time Chris was releasing instrumental electronic material as Downpour, often involving heavily distorted drum and bass.
After another handful of singles and eps for Domino, they released the album 'Rustic Houses, Forlorn Valleys' in 1998. A dense, dark and tension building album, sounding somewhere in between Labradford, Mogwai and Massive Attack and produced by the band and Matt Elliott from Third Eye Foundation.
A year later came 'The Cycle of Days and Seasons', once again produced by Matt Elliott. With an ever changing line up still revolving around the two brothers, the sound of the band changed yet again, moving further into indie electronics.
Colaborating with friends Doseone and Why? from the Anticon collective came Hoods 5th studio album 'Cold House' in 2001, their most well known and collectively appreciated ablum. It contained elements of Post Rock, IDM, Indie as well as Doseone and Why?'s voice and lyric talents. Features the single 'You Show No Emotion At All'. Released on Domino.
In early 2005, Hood released 'Outside Closer', an emotional journey through ambience and hip hop beats. More line up changes occured, meaning this album was yet again different to the previous. Taking influence from The Remote Viewer, Prefuse 73 and Empress (the singer of which appears on the album). The tracks 'The Lost You' and 'The Negatives' were released as singles, featuring b-sides and videos for the tracks.
Since the release of 'Outside Closer' Hood have toured with Why? promoting his new album 'Elephant Eyelash' and released various remixes.
During 2006, Gareth S Brown, who played in the aforementioned tour, has been working on a solo album, due for release in November on Richard's girlfriend's label Misplaced Pets.
Currently due for release on record label anticon, is a solo album from Hood lead singer Chris Adams under the name of Bracken. The lead single from the album, titled 'Heathens', is due out in November, the album, titled 'We Know About the Need' follows in January.
In 2007 Richard Adams formed a side project The Declining Winter which has spawned a 7" The Future Sound of Hip Hop parts 1 and 2 and an album Goodbye Minnesota.
There are no plans for any further Hood releases.
Intro
Hood Lyrics
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I'm On the way
I'm On my way
Yea niggah we gotta make it
Yea niggah we gotta face it
Fuck is wright yk we gotta take it
I'm giving all I got for my baby's
I thinking bout Dana going crazy
You know I miss my momma
But you want me hurting, braking, keep on drinking mind already wasted
I'm On the way
I'm On my way
Yea niggah we gotta make it
Yea niggah we gotta face it
Fuck is wright yk we gotta take it
I'm giving all I got for my baby's
I thinking bout Dana going crazy
You know I miss my momma
But you want me hurting braking keep on drinking mind already wasted
I'm tryna find my lane
I cannot trace it
Can't even lie
We make life basic
On the road we living
Jack Kerouac
Nothing behind me
4 just keep on pimping
They wanna line me
I just go so crazy
My mommy said 4 you a stuck up baby
No use of trying
Shit ain't what we thinking
I feel im dieing life just keep on taking
And I
I be in the trenches
Baby I
Smoking drinking
Wasting hella precious time
Always thinking
Pop a perk to ease my mind
Don't make it
As Long as you fucking tried
Steady shaking
Selling nickels and them dimes
Always naked
Crazy how I hit her spine
Really crazy
Everybody gotta die
You hate me lately
Please tell me
Baby why
Why you so cold
I know it's hard
Baby youre not alone
Life is dark
I'm ya match
That keep you going
Don't feel apart
Light sum weed
Get in ya zone
Like Noah arc
I'm the art
Thats never shown
My name Clark
Feel ya pain
I fly you home
You really smart
It's like you know what keep me goin
Keep it goin
4 don't stop until you on
On a mission
To damn real
Cover Blown
Who said I ain't gonna be the one ta fuckin make it
Take it
Underrated Like I'm David ain't talking psalms
It's crazy how you the one
That's fucking hating lately
My little sam told me you a Saul
But you the one that's supposed to follow god
But you the one that pray I don't take it all
Everybody Wating on 4 to
Or they Want me to fall
Hatis to my zues
Every body looking at 4 to
I'm feeling trapped
Feeling like my life a zoo
And I rap
Trapping help get threw it
Ima Sexy boy no sweet chin music
Just like a toy bad bitches wanna use me
Just like a boy
I wanna play but this parental viewing
Rip to floyd
They still label us a nuisance
Free Koy
Beat da odds you can do it
Baby I need sum money like I'm fucking Jewish
I'm lyrical
They prob thinking that I'm stupid
The Studio
Feelings all up in my music
Fuck a bitch
No feelings yea I ain't Cupid
Everybody ina way
Bitch I feel like shooting
Better get out my way
Bitch before I shoot ya
Everybody Wating on 4 to
Or they Want me to fall
Hatis to my zues
Every body looking at 4 to
I'm feeling trapped
Feeling like my life a zoo
And I rap
Trapping help get threw it
Sexy boy no sweet chin music
Just like a toy bad bitches wanna use it
Just like a boy
I wanna play but this parental viewing
Rip to floyd
They still label us a nuisance
Free Koy
Beat the odds you can do it
Baby I need sum money like I'm fucking Jewish
I'm lyrical
They prob thinking that I'm stupid
The Studio
Feelings all up in my music
Fuck a bitch
No feelings yea I ain't Cupid
Everybody ina way
Bitch I feel like shooting
Better get out my way
Bitch before I shoot ya
Feel it my brain
That you overlook me
Going insane probably is the music
Understand this for real
I'm tired everybody here why won't You get up out my ear
You was never fucking here
So why you acting like you care
I swear
How u feel
How u feel
The only option keep it real
Ugh Yea
Really do it for my kids Lil bumps ina road but I gotta chase a meal
"Huh a yea"
And baby moms in my ear telling me I gotta be here
But they don't understand that I'm here
Chasing dreams like Roddy, who rod wave? No I always wanted to be rich
How u feel
How u feel
The only option keep it real
Ugh yea
Really wanna be worth a mill
They don't see it bitch they really want me ill
Huh yea
And that shit just make me wanna kill
Sticking shit
Hit sum drills
Gun in my hand
Thinking bout family, money, houses, land
And shit bitch im boss so Yk I'm like rick
Shout out ASAP I'm to trilll
Shout out rocky rocky Rushmore
I need 4 of them
Hit ya bitch she say I'm him
Lately talking to da grim
Don't take my life until I win
Im able
Just don't let kane in
And I don't even do the freinds
If a niggah back door me its my kin
It's crazy this world full of sin and God Forgive me for my sins I only sin just to win
And bitch
Yea
Ima do it again
And do it again
I'm on my way once again
And for my sis
All these niggahs bitches
And for brothers all these bitches be hoes
And for my son we gone get to da gold
Ima stay down till I'm rocking out shows
What can I say now I'm that niggah ik
Never hate now In my own lane like I'm ghost
Pull up wit a k now
Fuck around and hit niggah in his hoe
Not to play now
I feel like this song should go gold
Stay out my way now
I'm stepping on niggahs
I feel like my life should be Told
My face might be grey now
To old
Stack everyday now
Don't fold
My family gone be straight now
We no
I just hope my soul stay
Ima
Dead man walking fa sure
It'll never
Never be
It'll never be no one like me
Feel it in my dream then I write it
Rolling up my fears then I light it
Shit ain't what it's seems it's ain't quite
Wright
A lil extreme
If I'm honest
Tryna be like me you gotta recite it
Stop tryna be like me stop biting
It'll never
Never be
It'll never be no one like me
4
Feel it in my dream then I write it
Yea
Rolling up my fears Then I light it
Shit ain't wat it's seems it ain't quite
Wright
A lil extreme if I'm honest
Tryna be like me you gotta recite it
Stop tryna be like me stop biting
I'm On my way
Yea niggah we gotta make it
Yea niggah we gotta face it
Fuck is wright yk we gotta take it
I'm giving all I got for my baby's
I thinking bout Dana going crazy
You know I miss my momma
I'm On the way
I'm On my way
Yea niggah we gotta make it
Yea niggah we gotta face it
Fuck is wright yk we gotta take it
I'm giving all I got for my baby's
I thinking bout Dana going crazy
You know I miss my momma
But you want me hurting braking keep on drinking mind already wasted
I'm tryna find my lane
I cannot trace it
Can't even lie
We make life basic
On the road we living
Jack Kerouac
Nothing behind me
4 just keep on pimping
They wanna line me
I just go so crazy
My mommy said 4 you a stuck up baby
No use of trying
Shit ain't what we thinking
I feel im dieing life just keep on taking
And I
I be in the trenches
Baby I
Smoking drinking
Wasting hella precious time
Always thinking
Pop a perk to ease my mind
Don't make it
As Long as you fucking tried
Steady shaking
Selling nickels and them dimes
Always naked
Crazy how I hit her spine
Really crazy
Everybody gotta die
You hate me lately
Please tell me
Baby why
Why you so cold
I know it's hard
Baby youre not alone
Life is dark
I'm ya match
That keep you going
Don't feel apart
Light sum weed
Get in ya zone
Like Noah arc
I'm the art
Thats never shown
My name Clark
Feel ya pain
I fly you home
You really smart
It's like you know what keep me goin
Keep it goin
4 don't stop until you on
On a mission
To damn real
Cover Blown
Who said I ain't gonna be the one ta fuckin make it
Take it
Underrated Like I'm David ain't talking psalms
It's crazy how you the one
That's fucking hating lately
My little sam told me you a Saul
But you the one that's supposed to follow god
But you the one that pray I don't take it all
Everybody Wating on 4 to
Or they Want me to fall
Hatis to my zues
Every body looking at 4 to
I'm feeling trapped
Feeling like my life a zoo
And I rap
Trapping help get threw it
Ima Sexy boy no sweet chin music
Just like a toy bad bitches wanna use me
Just like a boy
I wanna play but this parental viewing
Rip to floyd
They still label us a nuisance
Free Koy
Beat da odds you can do it
Baby I need sum money like I'm fucking Jewish
I'm lyrical
They prob thinking that I'm stupid
The Studio
Feelings all up in my music
Fuck a bitch
No feelings yea I ain't Cupid
Everybody ina way
Bitch I feel like shooting
Better get out my way
Bitch before I shoot ya
Everybody Wating on 4 to
Or they Want me to fall
Hatis to my zues
Every body looking at 4 to
I'm feeling trapped
Feeling like my life a zoo
And I rap
Trapping help get threw it
Sexy boy no sweet chin music
Just like a toy bad bitches wanna use it
Just like a boy
I wanna play but this parental viewing
Rip to floyd
They still label us a nuisance
Free Koy
Beat the odds you can do it
Baby I need sum money like I'm fucking Jewish
I'm lyrical
They prob thinking that I'm stupid
The Studio
Feelings all up in my music
Fuck a bitch
No feelings yea I ain't Cupid
Everybody ina way
Bitch I feel like shooting
Better get out my way
Bitch before I shoot ya
Feel it my brain
That you overlook me
Going insane probably is the music
Understand this for real
I'm tired everybody here why won't You get up out my ear
You was never fucking here
So why you acting like you care
I swear
How u feel
How u feel
The only option keep it real
Ugh Yea
Really do it for my kids Lil bumps ina road but I gotta chase a meal
"Huh a yea"
And baby moms in my ear telling me I gotta be here
But they don't understand that I'm here
Chasing dreams like Roddy, who rod wave? No I always wanted to be rich
How u feel
How u feel
The only option keep it real
Ugh yea
Really wanna be worth a mill
They don't see it bitch they really want me ill
Huh yea
And that shit just make me wanna kill
Sticking shit
Hit sum drills
Gun in my hand
Thinking bout family, money, houses, land
And shit bitch im boss so Yk I'm like rick
Shout out ASAP I'm to trilll
Shout out rocky rocky Rushmore
I need 4 of them
Hit ya bitch she say I'm him
Lately talking to da grim
Don't take my life until I win
Im able
Just don't let kane in
And I don't even do the freinds
If a niggah back door me its my kin
It's crazy this world full of sin and God Forgive me for my sins I only sin just to win
And bitch
Yea
Ima do it again
And do it again
I'm on my way once again
And for my sis
All these niggahs bitches
And for brothers all these bitches be hoes
And for my son we gone get to da gold
Ima stay down till I'm rocking out shows
What can I say now I'm that niggah ik
Never hate now In my own lane like I'm ghost
Pull up wit a k now
Fuck around and hit niggah in his hoe
Not to play now
I feel like this song should go gold
Stay out my way now
I'm stepping on niggahs
I feel like my life should be Told
My face might be grey now
To old
Stack everyday now
Don't fold
My family gone be straight now
We no
I just hope my soul stay
Ima
Dead man walking fa sure
It'll never
Never be
It'll never be no one like me
Feel it in my dream then I write it
Rolling up my fears then I light it
Shit ain't what it's seems it's ain't quite
Wright
A lil extreme
If I'm honest
Tryna be like me you gotta recite it
Stop tryna be like me stop biting
It'll never
Never be
It'll never be no one like me
4
Feel it in my dream then I write it
Yea
Rolling up my fears Then I light it
Shit ain't wat it's seems it ain't quite
Wright
A lil extreme if I'm honest
Tryna be like me you gotta recite it
Stop tryna be like me stop biting
The lyrics to Hood's song "Intro" are filled with themes of determination, struggle, and personal reflection. The artist expresses his unwavering commitment to making it in life and facing the challenges head-on. He acknowledges the difficulties and hardships he has faced, such as missing his mother and feeling lost, but he refuses to let that break him. Hood is willing to give his all for his loved ones, specifically mentioning his dedication to his children.
The lyrics also touch on the artist's feelings of being underrated and misunderstood. He feels trapped and compares his life to a zoo, with everyone watching his every move. Despite the obstacles, he finds solace in his music and uses it to express his emotions. Hood recognizes that he is often judged, but he embraces his unique style and lyrical ability.
There is a sense of defiance and a desire for recognition in the lyrics as well. Hood mentions those who doubt him, wanting him to fail, or hating on his success. He refuses to let their negativity affect him and is determined to prove them wrong. The artist sees himself as a standout and aims for success no matter what.
Throughout the song, Hood's lyrics also touch on themes of family and the importance of staying true to oneself. He mentions his children, siblings, and baby's mothers, showing a desire to provide for them and be there for them. He emphasizes the need to keep it real and not be influenced by others or their opinions.
Overall, the lyrics in "Intro" reveal Hood's resilience, ambition, and refusal to conform to societal expectations. He navigates personal struggles while staying focused on his goals and using his music as a means of expression and empowerment.
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