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The Declining Winter

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Years active
  
2007–present

Record label
  
Rusted Rail

Website
  
Thedecliningwinter.com

Members
  
Richard Adams


Labels
  
Misplaced Music Rusted Rail Moteer Home Assembly Monopsone Rural Colours Sound in Silence

Past members
  
Stuart Wilson Paul Elam Gareth S. Brown Richard Morris Elaine Reynolds Sarah Kemp

Origin
  
Leeds, United Kingdom (2007)

Albums
  
Home for Lost Souls, Goodbye Minnesota

Genres
  
Post-rock, Independent music, Slowcore, Intelligent dance music, Shoegazing, Electronic dance music

Similar
  
Fieldhead, Hood, Brave Timbers, Memory Drawings, The Leaf Library

The declining winter home for lost souls


The Declining Winter are a British band based in Yorkshire, UK, led by Richard Adams, the co-founder of the Domino Records group Hood. The original band featured members of Fieldhead, Brave Timbers, Quack Quack and Gareth S. Brown.

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They released their debut single "The Future Sound of Hip Hop Parts 1 & 2" on Misplaced Music in November 2007. The record was unique as it is made of mostly recycled materials reflecting the band's keen interest in the environment. This release was promptly followed up by a CD only remix project on Moteer, featuring mixes by Bracken, Epic 45, and The Boats amongst others; and a their debut album Goodbye Minnesota released by Ireland's Rusted Rail imprint in May 2008. In December 2008 they released a limited edition Remixes CD which came housed in recycled sleeves wrapped in Christmas paper. In May 2009 they released a mini album Haunt the Upper Hallways on Home Assembly Music. The same label also released an unlikely attempt at a song for the 2010 World Cup and later that year the four track cdr Scenes from the Back Bedroom Window was released on Secret Furry Hole in November 2010.

After a long period of silence, the band (now consisting solely of Richard Adams with assorted guests) released a 10" Fragment 5 on French label Monopsone in 2013 followed by Lost Songs cassette on Sanity Muffin in 2014. The latter album consists of unfinished songs rescued by Adams from his crashed hard drive and was later issued as a small run of cdr's. A brand new studio album Home For Lost Souls was released in March 2015 on Home Assembly Music. and came with a digital-only mini-album The Waning Mill Chronicles.

The album was later re-pressed in August 2015 on green vinyl with a limited CD edition containing two bonus tracks and in August 2015 the band played a rare series of UK dates with a new line up consisting of Richard Adams (vocals, guitar), Paul Elam (guitar), Mick Harrison (bass) and Chris Lanigan (drums).

The band then issued "The Leaves in the Lane" a split 12" with Isnaj Dui on the Rural Colours imprint. A busy 2015 was rounded off with a limited album "Endless Scenery" on Sound in Silence.

The declining winter york city 3 fieldhead remix


Studio albums

  • Goodbye Minnesota (2008)
  • Haunt the Upper Hallways (2009)
  • Fragment 5 (2013)
  • Lost Songs (2014)
  • Home For Lost Souls (2015)
  • The Leaves in the Lane (2015) split album with Isnaj Dui
  • Endless Scenery (2015)
  • Singles

  • The Future Sound of Hip Hop Parts 1 & 2 (2007)
  • Moteer Remixes (2007)
  • Remixes (2008)
  • The Official World Cup Theme (2010)
  • Scenes from The Back Bedroom Window (2010)
  • Songs

    Home for Lost SoulsHome for Lost Souls · 2015
    This Sadness LacksHome for Lost Souls · 2015
    We Used to Read BooksGoodbye Minnesota · 2008

    References

    The Declining Winter Wikipedia