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| | Hood - Outside Closer : album review |
 | | As a clue to what lies inside, Outside Closer is the perfect title for a Hood album, for over their 14 years on the indie fringes, these Leeds boys have evolved a noise that manages to evoke both the open expanse of the countryside and a real sense of claustrophobia. |
 | | Equally helpfully, earlier albums suggest the rustic influence: Rustic Houses Forlorn Valleys and The Cycle Of Days And Seasons for example, whilst their last effort, 2001's remarkable Cold House, is redolent of the dark, urban interior. |
 | | Thereafter, the rest of the album frankly struggles a touch under the shadow of such a fine tune, meandering gently back and forth before gradually petering out with the whimper of This Is It, Forever. |
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