On their first full-length studio album since the deeply elegiac ‘Mysterium’ a little over a year ago, the Nashville-based duo of Marc Byrd & Andrew Thompson known as Hammock find themselves following a “vertical, upward movement back toward the light”. This progression from the low places of grief toward beckoning illumination is subtly depicted on the…
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Hammock – Columbus (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) / Mysterium
Few artists in the world of instrumental music have a compass as locked on to true north as Hammock. For years, this Nashville-based project of Marc Byrd and Andrew Thompson has served up a rich sonic feast spanning the genres of ambient, post-rock, and modern classical while resonating with heartfelt, and often heart-wrenching, emotion. Perhaps…
Read MoreSlow Meadow – Slow Meadow [Hammock Music]
After putting out two exceptional ambient post rock albums as Aural Method, Matt Kidd paused his work for the better part of two years to seek new ideas and musical perspectives. From that period a new project called Slow Meadow was born. It began when Kidd consulted with friend and kindred musical spirit Marc Byrd of Hammock,…
Read MoreTravelogue: Week 2014-41
Noteworthy highlights from the past week of music discovery, releases, previews, and other news. Daily updates are available on the Stationary Travels Facebook and Twitter feeds and audio/video links to all tracks featured during the month are available on the Songdrop page. Previews of Upcoming Releases Whale Fall | The Madrean | (late fall 2014) This week we…
Read MoreTravelogue: Week 2014-37
Noteworthy highlights from the past week of music discovery, releases, previews, and other news. Daily updates are available on the Stationary Travels Facebook and Twitter feeds and audio/video links to all tracks featured during the month are available on the Songdrop page. Previews and Singles Siavash Amini | What Wind Whispered to the Trees | Futuresequence (Oct 6) I…
Read MoreHammock remastered: “City in the Dust on My Window”
On it’s fifth anniversary last month, Hammock presented a remastered version of their 2008 album “Maybe They Will Sing For Us Tomorrow” including a new mix of the title track. The story behind the remaster as they tell it on their Bandcamp site is interesting: “When we brought the original recordings to the mastering session…
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