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Hood - Home Is Where It Hurts EP

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[Genres: indie rock, electronica]

hood.jpg (8298 bytes)Wow.  Wow wow wow.  Wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow.  This is just marvellous.  The first piece, "Home Is Where It Hurts," is an amazing opener, a mixture of electronica, guitar, and vocals that's just really good.  Similar to other indie bands, except with a more experimental touch to it.  The second piece, "The Fact That You Failed," is an instrumental (and slightly repetitive) guitar-and-drums piece that starts off very calmly, but builds up and builds up until it reaches a shattering, feedback-drenched ending that just astounds you.  The first time I heard it was really loud in an art studio (with lots of people around, working away).  What was once a studio with lots of conversations and gossip as the background ambience, was now a silent (except for the music, of course) room with everybody still, just listening.  They were just stunned.   The piece was like a more sonic Godspeed You Black Emperor song (with elements of Fly Pan Am involved).  The next song, "Cold Fire Woods of Western Lines," is more like the first song, with multiple vocals, drums, guitar, and a more happy, fast-paced feel.  "The World Touches Too Hard" is a more glitchy, electronic piece with vocals that slightly resemble those of lo-fi musicians like Smog.   To finish it all off comes "It's Been A Long Time Since I Was Last Here," an epic, clocking in at over 8 minutes. This is completely a mixed bag of genres; I can't wait for the upcoming full-length!  There isn't a skippable song anywhere to be seen!   Once again: wow.

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