Hammock (band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Hammock


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Origin = Nashville, TN, USA
Genre = Ambient
Post-Rock
Years_active = c. 2004–present
Label = Hammock Music, Darla Records
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Current_members = Marc Byrd, guitar
Andrew Thompson, guitar
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Hammock is a two-member post-rock band from Nashville, Tennessee. With music created in between production and songwriting projects over the course of two years, Hammock combines live instrumentation, electronic beats, and droning guitar into atmospheric music similar in style to the work of Boards of Canada, Explosions in the Sky, and Stars of the Lid.

Biography

Hammock is a collaboration between Marc Byrd and Andrew Thompson. The two met when Andrew became a member of Marc's band, Common Children. They continued to work together, writing, recording, and producing, after Common Children disbanded and began recording the music that eventually became Hammock when they both had free time between projects. Hammock initially had no intention of releasing their studio efforts. After building up a collection of almost 40 songs, however, they changed their minds.

Hammock's music has been featured three times during NBC's coverage of the 2006 Winter Olympics. The track "Winter Light" was heard during a special piece about the emotional comeback story of Russian skaters Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin on February 13, 2006. "Rising Tide," a second track from the "Kenotic" full-length was heard during a piece about Canadian skaters Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon. Finally, "What Heaven Allows," the thirteenth track off of "Kenotic", was played during NBC's coverage of the figure skating competition.

In August 2006, Hammock signed a record deal with Darla Records. Their full-length album "Raising Your Voice...Trying to Stop an Echo" was released under Darla on November 20, 2006. Hammock kicked off their first live performance at a private event in Hot Springs, Arkansas on August 3, 2007, performing after Riceboy Sleeps, an artistic collaboration between Jón Þór (Jónsi) Birgisson (lead singer and guitarist of Sigur Rós) and Alex Somers (graphic designer and member of the band Parachutes), at their request in their first-ever exhibition outside of Iceland. This performance eventually became the inspiration for their newest album, Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow, which is recorded entirely live save a few overdubs, and is the groups most ambient release to date.

Discography

* "Kenotic" (2005)
* "Stranded Under Endless Sky" (EP, 2005)
* "The Sleep Over Series, Vol. 1" (2006)
* "Raising Your Voice... Trying to Stop an Echo" (2006)
* "Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow" (2008)

ee also

* List of post-rock bands
* List of dream pop artists

External links

;Resources
* [http://www.hammockmusic.com HammockMusic.com] - Official website
* [http://www.hammockmusic.net HammockMusic.net] - Official blog
* [http://www.maybetheywillsingforustomorrow.com Maybe They Will Sing For Us Tomorrow] - Official Site for Release
* [http://www.myspace.com/hammockmusic Hammock on MySpace] - Official MySpace page
* [http://www.darla.com Darla Records Website]

;Articles
* [http://www.erasingclouds.com/wk2606hammock.html Part Seventy-Two: Hammock] - Interview with Hammock at [http://www.erasingclouds.com/ erasingclouds.com]
* [http://pressplayrecord.blogspot.com/2007/01/hammock.html Interviews 2007: Hammock] - Interview with Marc Byrd at [http://pressplayrecord.blogspot.com/ Press Play, Record]
* [http://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/367/ItemID/695/Default.aspx Interview: Hammock] - Interview with Hammock at [http://thesiletballet.com/ TheSilentBallet.com]

;Reviews
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:u959ke9tfq7z "Kenotic"] - [http://www.allmusic.com/ All Music Guide] Rating|4|5
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:yzz1z8oa5yv4 "Stranded Under Endless Sky (EP)"] - [http://www.allmusic.com/ All Music Guide] Rating|3.5|5
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:sbc1z8hanyvn "Raising Your Voice...Trying to Stop an Echo"] - [http://www.allmusic.com/ All Music Guide] Rating|4.5|5
* [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/40556 "Raising Your Voice...Trying to Stop an Echo"] - [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/ Pitchfork Media] [Rating: 7.6]
* [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/7363/hammock-raising-your-voice/ "Raising Your Voice...Trying to Stop an Echo"] - [http://popmatters.com/ PopMatters] [Rating: 8/10]