Hammock
Ambient duo Hammock make glistening soundscapes that are heavy on texture, finely crafted arrangements, and emotional intensity. Since forming in the early 2000s, Hammock have consistently released new volumes of their dynamic instrumental work, evolving in terms of musicality and approach over the course of albums like 2012's Departure Songs and 2023's Love in the Void.
Hammock formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 2003. The group was originally conceived by Marc Byrd and Andrew Thompson, former members of the band Common Children. Hammock released their debut full-length, Kenotic, on their eponymous label in 2004; The Sleepover Series, Vol. 1 followed a year later. Hammock's profile was heightened in 2006 during the Winter Olympics when NBC played several of their songs during coverage of the figure-skating competition. Darla signed Hammock later that year, and the band's third album, Raising Your Voice... Trying to Stop an Echo, emerged in November.
Hammock's fourth full-length, Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow, came out in 2008. The album, which was a studio recording of music written to perform at the overseas debut art exhibition of Jónsi & Alex, found the duo striving for a stripped-down, minimal sound. Released in 2011, the Longest Year EP reflected the trials and tribulations -- including the flooding of Byrd's home -- the band experienced in 2010. In late 2011, they released Asleep in the Downlights, an EP recorded with Steve Kilbey and Tim Powles, both alt-rock veterans and members of Australian band the Church.
The next two Hammock albums, 2012's critically acclaimed Departure Songs and its 2013 follow-up, Oblivion Hymns, saw Byrd and Thompson expanding their palette with a grandiose neo-classical style -- sweeping orchestral arrangements and choral elements -- to great effect. A year later, a reissue of their 2005 Sleepover Series, Vol. 1 LP coincided with the release of a sequel album, Sleepover Series, Vol. 2. 2016's Everything and Nothing paired the swelling crescendos of their later work with their more post-rock, guitar-based approach. In August 2017, Hammock returned with Mysterium, an hour-long conceptual work (and first in a three-album series) composed as a memorial for Clark Kern, a close friend of Byrd's who died in 2016. The second album in the trilogy, Universalis, arrived in 2018, with Silencia completing the project in 2019. 2021's Elsewhere was recorded remotely due to health concerns linked to the COVID-19 pandemic. Both Byrd and Thompson recorded separately in their own homes utilizing a stripped-down approach to instrumentation and production. They reunited in person for next album, January 2023's Love in the Void, a set of far livelier songs that included sections of urgent rhythm and dense post-rock arrangements.
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Far Cry 5 Presents: We Will Rise Again (Original Game Soundtrack)
Video Games - Released by Ubisoft Music on 27 Mar 2018
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Love in the Void
Alternative & Indie - Released by Hammock Music on 27 Jan 2023
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Everything and Nothing
Alternative & Indie - Released by Hammock Music on 1 Apr 2016
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Raising Your Voice... Trying to Stop an Echo (Deluxe Edition)
Alternative & Indie - Released by Hammock Music on 6 Aug 2006
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Departure Songs
Alternative & Indie - Released by Hammock Music on 30 Sep 2012
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Oblivion Hymns (Deluxe Edition)
Alternative & Indie - Released by Hammock Music on 26 Nov 2013
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Oblivion Hymns (Deluxe Edition)
Electronic - Released by Hammock Music on 26 Nov 2013
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The Sleepover Series, Vol. 2
Electronic - Released by Hammock Music on 23 Sep 2014
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Columbus (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Electronic - Released by Hammock Music on 3 Nov 2017
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The Sleepover Series, Vol. 1
Electronic - Released by Hammock Music on 7 Feb 2006
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I'm a Sensory Explosion
Alternative & Indie - Released by Hammock Music on 3 Jun 2022
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Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow
Electronic - Released by Hammock Music on 5 May 2008
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Kenotic (Deluxe Edition)
Alternative & Indie - Released by Hammock Music on 25 Sep 2005
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Chasing After Shadows... Living With the Ghosts (Deluxe Edition)
Alternative & Indie - Released by Hammock Music on 18 May 2010
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An Introduction to Hammock
Alternative & Indie - Released by Hammock Music on 15 Dec 2014
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EPs, Singles and Remixes
Alternative & Indie - Released by Hammock Music on 10 May 2013
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