Share new singles “Chemicals Make You Small” featuring Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd, and “The Unsetting Sun”
Nevertheless, the latest album from Hammock, exists in a state of awakening. Across 11 ambient guitar string, and piano works, ethereal light crests and contrasts with darkness, giving shape to physical forms and feelings. Amidst sorrow and grief, melodic motifs and refrains echo from the past to reanimate dreams and faded memories. As Nevertheless asks questions of permanence and purpose, beauty takes shape in the intangible—the traceless connections that gave, and give, meaning.
“Nevertheless has been one of those words that has outlasted my upbringing,” says Hammock’s Marc Byrd. “Being from the deep South, I most often heard it said or read at funeral services. It’s meant to imply a type of sacred pause . . . a space of in between. Between the grief of being broken by the world and the impossibility of moving into a future that feels more like empty space and less like solid ground. This album is for a friend who lost a daughter and a son to addiction within a couple of years of each other. Requiem for Johan sets up the context for what is to follow throughout the rest of the album. . . a passage through the aftermath of devastation. Unfortunately, and fortunately, these seasons of loss are what we all share in common. Nevertheless . . . we limp on.”
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Artwork: Niyoko Ikuta
Work Title: Ku-157 (Free Essence-157)
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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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