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Hammock is the ambient / post-rock project of composers Marc Byrd and Andrew Thompson. They debuted Hammock in early 2005 with the full length album Kenotic.
Since their debut, Hammock released an EP in mid-2005 called Stranded Under Endless Sky, and the sleep-over series Volume One six months later in early 2006. In November 2006, Hammock released the full-length follow up to “Kenotic”, Raising Your Voice…Trying to Stop an Echo on Darla Records. In January, 2008 Hammock announced that their next full-length, a special release titled Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow would appear in May, 2008 and that the six-panel digipak for the record would feature original artwork by Riceboy Sleeps (an art collaboration between Jonsi Birgisson of Sigur Ros and Alex Somers of Parachutes).
A majority of Hammock’s music is ambient instrumental, save for a few tracks on Kenotic that feature haunting ethereal vocals. Their sound is “sleepier” than the brash, often obvious crescendos of their post-rocker cousins, reminiscent of 80’s Brian Eno and early 90’s Nick McCabe of the band The Verve.
Much of the later Hammock albums have been more instrumental and meditative, as on Marc Byrd’s conceptual album The Sleep-Over Series. Hammock has also been featured on NPR (National Public Radio), and tracks from the album Kenotic were used by NBC during the 2006 winter Olympics coverage.
Hammock Discography:
Since their debut, Hammock released an EP in mid-2005 called Stranded Under Endless Sky, and the sleep-over series Volume One six months later in early 2006. In November 2006, Hammock released the full-length follow up to “Kenotic”, Raising Your Voice…Trying to Stop an Echo on Darla Records. In January, 2008 Hammock announced that their next full-length, a special release titled Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow would appear in May, 2008 and that the six-panel digipak for the record would feature original artwork by Riceboy Sleeps (an art collaboration between Jonsi Birgisson of Sigur Ros and Alex Somers of Parachutes).
A majority of Hammock’s music is ambient instrumental, save for a few tracks on Kenotic that feature haunting ethereal vocals. Their sound is “sleepier” than the brash, often obvious crescendos of their post-rocker cousins, reminiscent of 80’s Brian Eno and early 90’s Nick McCabe of the band The Verve.
Much of the later Hammock albums have been more instrumental and meditative, as on Marc Byrd’s conceptual album The Sleep-Over Series. Hammock has also been featured on NPR (National Public Radio), and tracks from the album Kenotic were used by NBC during the 2006 winter Olympics coverage.
Hammock Discography:
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The Air Between Us
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The Silence
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Through a Glass Darkly
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Blankets of Night
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Before the Celebration
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Winter Light
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City in the Dust on My Window
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Kenotic
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Gold Star Mothers
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Maybe They Will Sing For Us Tomorrow
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Miles to Go Before Sleep
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Shoutbox
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urbanshocker wrote:
this is pretty cool--they posted their fave albums from 2009 http://bit.ly/90ILEW
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heronmdb wrote:
amazing!! amazing ! ! ! ! !
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DemoColorScheme wrote:
jesuspopk wrote: "disgustingly awful use of a hammock song in californication!" --- You think? The guys themselves seemed to be really happy and proud. I thought it suited the scene rather well.
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Inartificial wrote:
Marc Doudin - Affection. Check my latest album (ambient, piano, soundscaping) on www.wiseowlrecords.com or here on Last.fm. Thank you for the support, it's all for free :-)
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egnops wrote:
Indeed so.
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deathbytray wrote:
Amazing amazing amazing <3
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Zeus00 wrote:
thanks for that update! I can't wait for the new album, title sounds great <3
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jesuspopk wrote:
disgustingly awful use of a hammock song in californication!
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caroosyrup wrote:
birds flying in sequence forever!!!
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todayistheday1 wrote:
what is a "wet mix". cant wait for the new album.
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gui_x wrote:
Hey, you need to know the brazilian band Agnela. It's a girl band from Rio De Janeiro, with great music! See them: http://www.lastfm.com.br/music/Agnela Thanks!!
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jesuspopk wrote:
Tuesday 8, December 2009 Album Update. Sorry for the lack of posts about the upcoming album. We've been working really hard on it this whole time, thinking that we'd still be able to release it this year, but we had a few unforeseen complications and things just took a little longer than we thought they would. We really appreciate all of the inquiries about the album and feel badly that we weren't able to hold to our original schedule. We're now looking at March 2010 for the release date--but we're using this extra time to make the album the best it can be, and we're working on some other things like another music video and a couple of musical collaborations that are works-in-progress. The title of the album is "Chasing After Shadows...Living with the Ghosts", and it has 12 songs and a running time of about 73 minutes. It was mixed by Tim Powles (member of The Church, one of our musical heroes, and master of the “wet mix”). The song titles follow:
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jesuspopk wrote:
1. The Backward Step 2. Tristia 3. Little Fly/Mouchette 4. Breathturn 5. In the Nothing of a Night 6. Andalusia 7. The Whole Catastrophe 8. The World We Knew As Children 9. Dust Is the Devil's Snow 10. How Can I Make You Remember Me? 11. You Lost the Starlight in Your Eyes 12. Something Other Than Remaining
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jesuspopk wrote:
Also, for the first time, we’ll be releasing outtakes—four songs drawn from the “Chasing…” album recording sessions. We’ll do another post soon as things fall into place. Thank you for being here. Thank you for listening. Peace, mb
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maxiJ wrote:
where is new album?!:(
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agrophobia wrote:
fuck my brain
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urbanshocker wrote:
thanks, Rivulett. another cool bit of news they posted recently was that the "Mono No Aware" video was nominated for two awards at Plus Camerimage http://www.pluscamerimage.pl/index.php?lang=en&pg=3359.
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Sleperr wrote:
"very similar to STARS OF THE LID" Hmm.. I don't think it's "very" similar. Maybe you should delicate more time to hammock and SOFL.
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jesuspopk wrote:
beat me too it rivulett ._.
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-rivulett wrote:
"Californication" on Showtime is featuring track 12 from Kenotic on the 12/13 show (for a dream sequence in a pool).
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The Air Between Us full track | 3:43 |
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City in the Dust on My Window full track | 7:09 |
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Blankets of Night full track | 7:59 |
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