Hammock (band)

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Hammock
Origin Nashville, TN, USA
Genre(s) Post-Rock
Space rock
Ambient
Years active c. 2004–present
Label(s) Hammock Music, Darla Records
Members
Marc Byrd, guitar
Andrew Thompson, guitar

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 Sigur Rós.

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[edit] 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 of 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.

[edit] Live Debut

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 almost completely recorded live with few overdubs.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums and EPs

Title Release date Notes Label
Kenotic 2005 Debut Full-Length Hammock Music
Stranded Under Endless Sky 2005 CDEP / 12" Vinyl (100 Clear/900 Black) Hammock Music / Republic of Texas Recordings
The Sleep-Over Series (Volume 1) 2005 Full-Length Hammock Music
Raising Your Voice...Trying to Stop an Echo 2006 Full-Length Darla Records
Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow 2008 Full-Length Darla Records

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