Reviews

Selected Reviews (for more arranged by album, please visit the Hammock Store).

"7.2...an immersive listen if played at the right volume and paid the right amount of attention...I swear it practically changes the temperature...If you have any kind of even passing affinity for atmospheric music with an uncanny ability to stimulate any of your five senses, hear this." –Pitchfork (review of Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow)

"...music in the spirit of Japanese art--simple by form, but full of complexity in its tone and timbres." --Bob Boilen, NPR

“We sometimes drop Hammock’s name at parties to make ourselves look cooler…–Paste Magazine

“You can certainly see why the Sigur Ros front man is so taken with Hammock: you'd be hard-pressed to find any music under the loose banner of post-rock as unreservedly beautiful and stately as 'Mono No Aware' and 'City In The Dust On My Window'. Highly recommended.” –Boomkat (UK)

"You know the secret...great soundscapes and great melodies. Your albums are wonderful." --Jonsi Birgisson (Sigur Ros and Jonsi & Alex)

Filter Magazine “Pick of the Week”

"...[Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow is] the aural equivalent of a Zen garden, a place to get lost (and found) in divine solitude." --Terrascope (UK)

“Been listening to your record non-stop. It makes me want to put individual tracks on CDs to send out to cute girls. Now I just need to find the cute girls.” –Brian McBride, Stars of the Lid and Solo Artist

"These broad washes of crystalline guitar tones and gently pulsating synths convey a sense of broadness and space..." --The Wire (UK)

"8/10"...this longing, melodic, melancholic, and thoughtful texture that seems to tug at one's heartstrings...It's the type of music that hits you in the gut immediately...and forces one to reflect on both the highs and lows of one's life." --Pop Matters

“I love your music.” –Mark Eitzel, American Music Club and Solo Artist

"...you could put this (Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow) on a loop and go blind to the sight of falling stars all night long…” --Drowned in Sound (UK)

Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow operates outside of genre, far beyond the now obvious limitations of the dream pop/shoegaze scene Hammock cut their teeth in. This is something new, something needed…”--All Music Guide

“7.6…a contrail in a solid blue sky, a smear of sound that goes oddly well with any number of emotional states...speaks to all those things in our lives that aren't tangible, yet feel nearly within our grasp..." –Pitchfork (review of Raising Your Voice…Trying to Stop an Echo)

“I feel that Hammock make CDs as a she rabbit makes sons.” –Enrico Veronese, Music Writer

"One of the most romantic bands on the planet..." --Losing Today Magazine (Italy)