Hammock (band)

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Hammock
Background information
Origin Nashville, TN, USA
Genres Ambient, post-rock, shoegazing, dream pop, art rock
Years active 2004–present
Labels Hammock Music, Darla
Website http://www.hammockmusic.com/
Members
Marc Byrd, guitar
Andrew Thompson, guitar

Hammock is an American 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.

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[edit] Biography

Hammock is a collaboration between Marc Byrd and Andrew Thompson that developed out of informal recording sessions between songwriting projects.[1] 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 has released 5 LPs and 2 EPs since 2005. Hammock gave their first live performance at a private event at Chuck Dodson's Gallery@404B in Hot Springs, Arkansas on August 3, 2007, to honor Jónsi & Alex, the 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), on the night of their United States premier, which was also their first-ever exhibition outside of Iceland. This performance eventually became the inspiration for Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow (featuring cover art by Riceboy Sleeps), which was recorded live in its entirely, save for a few overdubs.[2]

In May 2010, Hammock released their fourth full-length album Chasing After Shadows...Living with the Ghosts under their own label, Hammock Music, which is distributed through Redeye.[3] That same year, Hammock released their second EP titled Longest Year in December exclusively through their website and was released digitally everywhere else. It contains 5 new songs and was released as a CD in January, 2011.

Hammock collaborated with singer/songwriter Matthew Ryan and released a single called 'Like New Year's Day' which was released on January 1, 2011. There are 3 versions of the song, a Matthew Ryan mix, a Hammock mix and an edit of the song.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ "The Endless Sky: An Interview with Hammock". http://www.trapdoorsun.com/music/hammock.aspx. Retrieved 2009-07-28. 
  2. ^ "biography.". http://www.hammockmusic.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&id=44&Itemid=63. Retrieved 2010-03-12. 
  3. ^ "Redeye Distribution: Artist Information - Hammock". http://redeyeusa.com/artist/14014/albums/CD-HMK-006/. Retrieved 2010-06-04. 

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