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The Declining Winter
Indie / Acoustic / Electronica

"middle of the road post rock"


United Kingdom

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Last Login:  7/4/2008
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   The Declining Winter: General Info
Member Since10/19/2006
Band Websitethedecliningwinter.com
Band MembersRichard Adams............... and helpers.
InfluencesDogs, autumn, ycfc, streetlights, I-35, hebden bridge, the declining winter
Sounds LikePhotobucket
Record LabelRusted Rail/Misplaced Music/Moteer
Type of LabelIndie





   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Aug 1 2008 8:00P
The Pack Horse Leeds
Sep 5 2008 8:00P
The Shakespeare Sheffield, Northeast
Sep 6 2008 8:00P
Lock Works Cafe Bar Wolverhampton, Midlands

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   About The Declining Winter
The meanderings of Richard Vincent Adams of Leeds, West Yorkshire. A musical project to keep me occupied whilst my other group is on hiatus and so I can pretend that I'm not just an office worker by trade. I'm attempting to keep this project environmentally friendly and so the first 7" 'The Future Sound of Hip Hop parts 1 and 2' was housed in 100% recycled packaging. The initial copies came with a bonus CD of remixes by Epic 45, Remote Viewer, Part Timer and Northstation, this has now sold out. A seperate 3" cd of remixes/collaborations came out on Moteer in january and further remixes (including those which appeared on the cd with the earlier single) are available from http://www.moteer.com.....if you have the password which comes with the Moteer release. Confused? yes so am I? The album 'Goodbye, Minnesota' is out on Ireland's Rusted Rail records now. Again it has recycled sleeves - can you see a pattern emerging? None of these activities has anything to do with popular demand by the way. The album will be appearing on vinyl sometime in the future but for gods sake don't hold your breath. The Declining Winter live band consisting of R.Vincent Adams, Paul Elam, Gareth S Brown, Stuart Wilson and Sarah Kemp/Elaine Reynolds (job share) is currently becoming more of a tight rocking unit. It made its debut on March 20th at the Pack Horse in Leeds and will be playing shows when requested from here on in. A further mini album - a collaboration with Turkey based dulcimer player Joel Hanson is being worked on as we speak/write.

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7 Hertz





Jun 30 2008 10:18 AM

Hope to see you there!
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Forest of Sound


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Jun 25 2008 5:57 AM



Efterklang are astounding on record - a fusion of electronics, sea song, rock and ambience that envelops you slowly and beautifully. Live, they take this core of beauty and project it with such force in to the audience that it takes on a whole new life - every emotion amplified, every note laden with passion. If you caught them last time, you know you can't miss it again. If you didn't... well, you know what you have to do...

Bracken , led by Chris Adams (co-founder of Hood), make simply stunning music - walls of ambient sound, dark dub bass and atmospheres, destroyed and re-claimed found sound, all topped with vocals & lyrics from a man who knows his own heart.

James Yates’s solo show is something to behold - organic electronics, perfect drums, spot on percussion and mad-as-a-hatter inventiveness.

Thursday: 10/07/2008 @ The Brudenell Social Club, Leeds. Doors 7.30pm.
A Forest of Sound presentation in association with The Brudenell Social Club.
£7 adv / £9 on the door.
Tickets available at Jumbo Records, Crash Records, and Seetickets.
Winter North Atlantic





Jun 24 2008 3:22 PM



please excuse the spamming, it's for a good cause
david





Jun 24 2008 7:49 AM

Hi bud. Yeah lets have half dozen. send them to the shop. you got the address. If not it's on the web site.
hope alls well
♪♫ Craven Canary ♫♪





Jun 23 2008 2:07 PM

why goodbye to minnesota? curious...
Cielo Liquido (Canal Extremadura Radio)





Jun 23 2008 12:26 PM

Hey, Nick Heyward , tonight at CL. Best.
Fernando
Iver & the drIver


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Jun 22 2008 7:51 AM

ciao richard hope to see you playing live in italy...thanks for the add!!
Stubaboon





Jun 18 2008 10:37 AM

Hey Richard. Many thanks for last night. Was great to see you and The Declining Winter in action.
I thought it sounded fantastic - let me know when you want to return! Hope you got home okay! See you soon, cheers Stuart
david





Jun 16 2008 4:49 AM

Hi Cuz. Was checking. Have we got copies of the album. If not, can you sort some out for us please. It sounds amazing.
Cheers
Pub Shannon





Jun 17 2008 3:17 PM

Oh God C'mon saturday at Shannon Pub...
Cielo Liquido (Canal Extremadura Radio)





Jun 5 2008 12:16 PM

Oh God, c’mon, tonight at CL. Best. Fernando.
The Vine- Live Music Venue





Jun 5 2008 8:43 AM

Hey there, thanks for the gig last friday!
lolek





Jun 4 2008 2:06 PM

hello - richard -
i have a new track that i wanted modestly influenced by The Declining Winter and Hood :
a fugitive view of clara's hand gardening



hope you'll like it
greetings from france and have nice concerts
Cielo Liquido (Canal Extremadura Radio)





May 30 2008 2:21 PM

The world is an idiot, in a few minutes at CL. Kind regards.
Fernando
raychall





May 29 2008 7:09 PM

you have an incredible sound!
Forest of Sound


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May 28 2008 5:36 AM



Koen Holtkamp is no stranger to producing beautiful music. Expect layers of warm organic noise and found sound combine to make pieces that are both gorgeously minimalistic and endlessly deep. He's making the trip over from New York to celebrate the launch of his new album on Type records, and you'd be a fool to miss him!

Gorgeously organic music that washes over you and through you - the best of all ambient music understands the importance of holding back, of understatement, of beauty - Pausal achieve this, and more. Stunning stuff for a night of pure sonic bliss.

Forest of Sound's favourite one man laptop genius, randomNumber, comes back to regale us with his excellent and deeply inventive brand of electronica. There's a reason that he's so energetic in his performance - his music is brilliant. Simple. As.

A Forest of Sound presentation. It’ll be £5 on the door, and doors are at 8pm.

Join the Last FM fun here.
moteer





May 27 2008 2:23 PM

getting excited about the picture entitled 'tour vehicle'. still waters run deep.
Cielo Liquido (Canal Extremadura Radio)





May 22 2008 12:51 PM

We used to read books, tonight at CL. All the best.
Fernando
Cielo Liquido (Canal Extremadura Radio)





May 20 2008 2:22 PM

Summer turns to heart,will be played in a few minutes at CL. Kind regards.
Fernando
Iowa Super Soccer


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May 20 2008 5:02 AM

Hello friends.
Just want to tell you that our debut album
"Lullabies To Keep Your Eyes Closed" is available.
Details on our myspace.

regards,
IOWA SUPER SOCCER
Hollis





May 19 2008 3:20 PM

Just got the album. Damn good stuff. Been on the mp3 player constantly for days. I'm inspired.
All the best
Hollis
geoff





May 19 2008 9:21 AM

Got the album last week- fantastic! And Keith at Rusted Rail seems like a nice chap. Nice work, cheers!
Geoff
Brudenell





May 18 2008 10:57 AM

FRIDAY 23rd MAY

CARIBOU + BORN RUFFIANS + WILDBIRDS & PEACEDRUMS

BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB LEEDS

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TICKETS £8 adv

Available now from....

www. jumborecords. co. uk
www. crashrecords. co. uk
www. seetickets. com

peace, this will be sweet!
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May 17 2008 3:11 PM



Friday, May 23rd,

The Declining Winter
7VWWVW
& Doogie Paul

@ Stills Gallery (Cockburn Street)
from 7pm
tickets £4 on the door / cheap beer!

The Declining Winter is a new musical project led by Richard Vincent Adams, co-founder of leftfield musical pioneers Hood - influenced by Low, The Durutti Column and York City FC.

Taking a day off from their mini-tour with ambient maestros Stars of the Lid, Adams et al visit Edinburgh to let us know about their new album, ‘Goodbye Minnesota’: an evolution of Hood’s very (northern) English electronic shoegaze, weirder than before, more claustrophobic....

Support comes from the magnificent, synth-laden 7VWWVW (aka MAMMAL), and Doogie Paul, of James Yorkston and the Athletes upright bass infamy.
Michelle





May 16 2008 7:32 PM

HELLO FRIEND. I LOVED THE E.P. AND CAN'T WAIT FOR THE FULL LENGTH TO SHOW UP AT MY DOOR.

ALL MY BEST
Winterskull


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May 15 2008 4:19 PM

Hey Richard,the
remix is really cool!
yorkcitythree is a beautiful song at the beginning...All the remix are dope...Thank...
Peace
Mike
manda.





May 13 2008 2:50 AM

okay. i will keep my eyes open.
pillowdiver





May 12 2008 4:08 AM

got the cd last week and really love it.
Forest of Sound


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May 12 2008 1:51 AM



Easily one of the most important bands of our times (and we don't say that lightly), Stars of the Lid are the highpoint of the ambient genre. Their influence on the music that really matters over the last decade has been huge, and we're incredibly honoured to be hosting them again in Leeds. This gig will be very very different, and very very special. Stars of the Lid have excelled at designing subtle, minimalist epics which sound like they're being played on a single multifaceted organic instrument.
A wise man once described SOTL as "divine classical drones without the tedious intrusion of drums, or vocals.
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The Declining Winter is the musical project of Richard Vincent Adams of Leeds UK, the co-founder of the continuing group Hood and a full time stricken office worker.
What does it sound like? Richard says "cassette tapes spilling out of the glovebox of a 1970's Datsun Sunny somewhere in the north of England, captured on Super 8 film".
He's not far off. Live he is joined by a few more people to bring the beautiful pastoral feel to life. Wonderful stuff.

A Forest of Sound presentation.
Tickets are £10 and are available from We Got Tickets and Jumbo Records.
It’ll be £12 on the doors, and doors are at 8pm.

Join the Last FM fun here.
elisa luu





May 10 2008 4:27 AM

Thanks...
social end product





May 7 2008 3:19 AM

Great Great Album thanks a lot.
manda.





Apr 30 2008 8:17 AM

i'm waiting for your album. really excited about it. any new plans about a release on vinyl?

mh // manda.
The Owl Box





Apr 30 2008 9:15 AM

The Declining Winter June 16th
Hi Richard: its not supposed to be that shape, sorry...
Yuri Lugovskoy





Apr 28 2008 5:35 AM

hello
thanks for friendship
i like your work on moteer very much
The Ancients





Apr 20 2008 8:03 PM

I second the last comment and will add my own: amazing song.
Wïnter Wïthïn





Apr 18 2008 5:36 PM

Summer Turns to Hurt = Beautiful track :)
moteer





Apr 17 2008 2:22 PM