Hammock’s new video for “Gods Becoming Memories” directed by David Altobelli.
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Breaking from the strange monotony and abnormal norms that took hold during two years of pandemic life, Hammock returns with "Love in the Void", an album that looks to the future, seizes the present, and unabashedly relishes the experiences and bonds that bring meaning to our days. Known for crafting orchestral works of stirring cinematic ambience, on "Love in the Void" the Nashville-based duo of Marc Byrd and Andrew Thompson bring guitar-forward, heart-pounding urgency to songs that shout through and shatter the static of complacency.
Since forming as Hammock in 2003, Byrd and Thompson have released 11 critically-acclaimed albums, and are renowned for their unique talent for bringing inexpressible emotion to life. The Covid-19 pandemic followed closely after one of Hammock’s career-defining works, the Mysterium, Universalis, and Silencia trilogy that chronicled the incomprehensible loss of Byrd’s 20-year-old nephew. At their homes and apart, Byrd and Thompson then recorded Elsewhere, an album of shimmering ambience that channeled alienated longing and displacement into avenues that gave way to worlds and possibilities yet realized.
Shaken awake and needing to break free of frustrations and longings, "Love in the Void" pulses with an unbridled spirit for action and experience and a burning desire for connection. Across songs that hammer home the keenly felt emotions of life’s highs and lows, Byrd and Thompson crest soaring crescendos awash in reverb and delve to keenly felt moments of quiet introspection, with unflinching lyrics on tracks like “Undoing” and “Denial of Endings'' that weigh choices made and circumstances that can’t be changed. Lush and dramatic string orchestration from Matt Kidd (Slow Meadow) and emphatic drumming from Jake Finch heighten the stakes in play, and Christine Byrd’s (Lumenette) ethereal vocals leave mysteries lingering in the haze.
"Love in the Void" is Hammock’s loudest album to date, embracing daring and vulnerability with palpable vitality at its core. Wide-eyed and looking forward, "Love in the Void" moves into an unknown future without fear. -Wyatt Marshall
To celebrate the 10-year anniversary of Longest Year, on December 4th we’ll be releasing a remastered edition with new mixes. As part of this release, the EP will be available on vinyl for the first time ever.
In addition to all five original tracks, Longest Year includes the never before heard song, “EveryWhen.” Available to stream now: https://linktr.ee/hammockmusic
Last year, we contributed a selection of songs to the hit Netflix series After Life, starring Ricky Gervais. We're pleased to announce that our music will once again be featured in season two, which begins streaming this Friday.
A curated list of 62 songs to help bring peace to you and yours during these strange and difficult times. Music can help us turn isolation into a type of meaningful solitude. Let's not forget those who have been hit the hardest.
After several months of brilliant work by Jasper Lee, the Silencia music video collection is now complete. We hope you'll appreciate its beauty as we do. Stay safe/sane. BE kind, BE the beauty you want to see. This album/trilogy is a type of prelude to silence. We’re gonna do our best to enjoy the silence.
After several months of brilliant work by Jasper Lee, the Silencia music video collection is now complete. We hope you'll appreciate its beauty as we do. Stay safe/sane. BE kind, BE the beauty you want to see. This album/trilogy is a type of prelude to silence. We’re gonna do our best to enjoy the silence.
Thank you for supporting this record over the last few months. We appreciate you all so much.
We wrote this piece of music (Mysterium) to honor my (Marc’s) nephew Clark.. . To pay tribute to his memory and life. It’s beautiful to see it being used to honor someone else. #KobeFarewell Mamba Forever
“Wonderful head-filling ambient… a great go-to band for me…” -Stephen Thompson, NPR New Music Friday
Noisey / VICE “Stream of the Crop” best releases inclusion for November 15
”Wonderfully, life-affirmingly mournful music. Their best yet? It’s certainly possible, yes.” -Norman Records
”To no one’s surprise, it’s another beautiful Hammock album; but it feels hard-earned, the emotions stemming from an abundance of experience. The absence of words is more powerful than the well-meaning and misspoken.” -A Closer Listen
This massive playlist contains 50 essential tracks totaling over four hours of music, curated entirely by Spotify. From some of our more recognizable songs, such as "Breathturn," all the way to deeper cuts like "Locating Silence," this is Hammock. It's updated often, so be sure to save it to your library.
Hey all… some of our music is in the new Netflix series “After Life” by the brilliant Ricky Gervais. It’s a heartbreakingly beautiful and wicked funny piece of work. Hope you enjoy. You can listen to and follow the official soundtrack playlist on Spotify here.
We have now released the first track from Undercurrents, a living album of long form pieces. One track will be added each month over the course of 2019.
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We’re following up 2017’s critically-acclaimed Mysterium with Universalis, the second installment of a planned three-album series. While Mysterium took listeners down a horizontal path that explored themes of death and grief, Universalis begins a vertical, upward movement back toward the light.
See the video for Cliffside, the second single from our upcoming LP, Universalis.
We are pleased to announce our ninth album, Universalis, releasing on December 7, 2018.
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Today we're pleased to release the second of two A/B singles we're putting out in 2018. This release includes two new songs: "Floating World" and "Snowburn."
Our good friend Anton Belov has released his first recording, “Synecdoche”, as part of his new solo project and upcoming album “Piano Works I”. The original is a beautiful track, and we hope you enjoy our reinterpretation.
Today we're pleased to release the first of two A/B singles we'll be putting out in 2018. This release includes two new songs: "The Night You Caught On Fire" and "Clinging." We're very proud of these and hope you enjoy them.
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"We loved working with the folks at Ubisoft and the process of reimagining Dan Romer's music. We weren't sure what to expect when we accepted their invitation. The direction they gave us was simple: 'Just do what you do... give these pieces the Hammock treatment.' It was great to be trusted so much, which made for a wonderful experience.
"Some of our listeners might be skeptical about 'game music' and we completely understand that position - we were probably skeptical ourselves - but when all was said and done, we felt like we were able to create some genuine moments of melancholic beauty. Our hope is that longtime Hammock listeners will find this music to be something they can both enjoy and appreciate." - Marc
Hammock’s original score for Kogonada’s award-winning film starring John Cho, Haley Lu Richardson, and Parker Posey. “Columbus” features world-renowned architecture from Columbus, Indiana, alongside a deeply intellectual storyline about family and parental relationships. Kogonada sought out Hammock to create the soundtrack after reading an interview with the band. “They were talking about the relationship between absence and presence in their music – which was a mind-blowing moment – and I thought, ‘They have to be the music for this film.’” The movie has been praised by The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Washington Post, The New Yorker, and Variety, and it has a Metacritic score of 89 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating “universal acclaim”, and a 97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.