MARK HARDOOD - Offering LP Minimal from vocals to percussion and

from vocals to percussion and offers four compositions ranging from free jazz to cosmic groove

decay and composition that places them head and shoulders above their contemporaries

) While still retaining an all important relevant edge to their musical comment

are largely recorded live

Hearing embryonic versions of what would become Void classics as well as songs that didn't make the cut made it clear just how driven this band was to capture their own sound

MARK HARDOOD - Offering LP Minimal from vocals to percussion andOffering is Mark Harwoods second LP and is an album of songs about geography and placement and the way people choose to move across the surface of our planet. His simple tools of acoustic guitar, voice, tapes and bric a brac give Mark the freedom and clarity of vision to offer hope in song to those who choose to hear him. Offering is more than we deserve in these lousy times it is calm and it is forgiving, but it is also sharp and can cut. It is wise