Timz N [Hood] Chek Posted by mike

Hood: "The Lost You" From Outside Closer (Domino, 2005) Hood sound kinda like The Notwist: unforced interlacing of rock and electronics, understated vocals, Anticon collaborations. In their 10-plus years of existence, they've released a bunch of their material in unconventional formats (EP, 7", 10", split single), but it turns out they're not so bad at making old-fashioned albums, either. I picked up Hood's latest, Outside Closer, the other day, and I've been listening to it pretty steadily ever since. "The Lost You" is the album's centerpiece, both sequentially and emotionally. At first, the chopped beatwork sounds like a Prefuse 73 outtake, but within a minute the song takes a turn for the anthemic and never looks back. I imagine indie kids (even the ones who are too cool to dance) wilding out to this at some after-hours loft party, holding on to their cigarettes and their dreams.