Hammock is an American musical project of composers Marc Byrd and Andrew Th… Read Full Bio ↴Hammock is an American musical project of composers Marc Byrd and Andrew Thompson from Nashville, Tennessee, USA; formed in 2004. The project initially developed out of informal recording sessions between songwriting projects, and at present the band is a leading light in instrumental music with a unique, atmospheric sound that effortlessly melds elements of ambient, electronic, post-rock and neoclassical.
With no agenda, expectations, or even intention to release music, guitarists Marc Byrd and Andrew Thompson began getting together as a way of letting the sounds inside of them find their way out into the open. Byrd describes it this way: "There are times when the need to create a thing begins to interrupt your life. And if you don't give in to it, everything else starts to suffer."
After about a year of sporadic sessions, Byrd and Thompson began to gather up all of the recordings - which were strewn about on everything from cassette recorders to hard drives to two-inch tape - and were surprised to discover that they had around forty pieces of music. Out of this pool of songs came their 2005 debut Kenotic, which introduced audiences to their densely textured aesthetic and shimmering guitar-driven compositions. Theirs is a unique sound - it is “sleepier” than the often-brash crescendos of their post-rocker cousins, drawing from the ethereal minimalism of Stars of the Lid and reminiscent of 80's Brian Eno and Nick McCabe of the band The Verve. Byrd and Thompson describe it simply as "Southern Ambient", citing the wide-open spaces of the South's rural landscape as an all-pervading influence in their music (Byrd's nickname in Arkansas was "Marc Marc Marc" because of his delay-drenched guitar sounds).
Although hailed as a classic in the Shoegaze genre, Kenotic revealed a band inspired by many different musical styles, from Electronic, Ambient, Minimalism-Drone to Post-Rock. Byrd and Thompson expanded on their unique amalgam of these sounds on their next release, the July 2005 EP Stranded Under Endless Sky. What followed eight months later was somewhat of a stylistic turn for the band, the heavily conceptual longform drone-influenced album The Sleepover Series, Vol. 1 (Remastered). November 2006 saw the release of the band's proper sophomore LP, Raising Your Voice...Trying to Stop an Echo, an album frequently hailed for its canny fusion of melodic accessibility and intrepid experimentalism. The band was attracting consistent acclaim from influential media such as Pitchfork, BBC, The Wire, and NPR, but most meaningfully to Byrd and Thompson, also from artists they admired like Mark Eitzel (solo and AMC), Brian McBride and Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie (Stars of the Lid), Steve Kilbey and Tim Powles (The Church), BT, The Antlers, and Jonsi and Alex.
In Fall 2007, Hammock was invited by Jonsi Birgisson (Sigur Ros, solo artist, Jonsi & Alex) and Alex Somers (Parachutes and Jonsi & Alex) to perform at the overseas debut of their art collaboration, Riceboy Sleeps. This created confluence of firsts for all four artists, as it was to be Hammock's first-ever live show. Byrd and Thompson wrote new music especially for the occasion, and these songs would ultimately become Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow, a "studio performance" album of the music they played at the Riceboy Sleeps premiere. Birgisson and Somers as Riceboy Sleeps created the artwork for the release.
Chasing After Shadows...Living With the Ghosts followed in May 2010, along with a freestanding four-song Outtakes EP. Darker, heavier, and more massive sonically than Hammock's previous releases, the album was mixed by Tim Powles of The Church and features the duo's first usage of a horn section, string quartet, and live drums. David Altobelli's influential video for “"Breathturn"” was released in late March 2010. Chasing... was praised by BBC as "one of the most beautiful albums of the year" and received accolades from Pitchfork and PRI-syndicated show "Echoes", where it was named #1 in its "Best Albums of the Year" list.
On December 14, the duo released the EP Longest Year, a beat-less and wordless "mini-album" held for release until the dead of winter and whose title referenced the band's difficult 2010 (which included the near-total destruction of Byrd's home by an epic flood the likes of which had not been seen in Nashville in over 100 years).
The aforementioned digital-only EP of outtakes from the May 2010 LP, Chasing After Shadows...Living With the Ghosts, contained four songs, two of which were tagged with "instrumental" in the titles even though no other versions existed. That changed on October 25, 2011 with the release of the EP Asleep in the Downlights, which features vocals and lyrics from Steve Kilbey and Tim Powles of The Church and two new songs from Hammock.
Departure Songs, the band's first double album and fifth LP, was announced with the release of "Tape Recorder", a video from David Altobelli, which premiered at PAPERMAG on July 9, 2012. Officially released on October 2, the album was mixed by Tim Powles (The Church), mastered by Taylor Deupree (solo artist, 12K label), and features contributions from Keith Kenniff (Helios, Goldmund). Not as fragile as previous efforts, Departure Songs shows Hammock going massive as they meditate on grand themes of death and loss, retaining their signature approach to music-making, but this time out, heralding their muse in all capital letters. The album was frequently mentioned in 2012 "best-of" lists and held the top slot at Sputnik Music (across all genres) and was named as the #1 album of the year by the PRI-syndicated show "Echoes", Hammock's second such honor in the last three years.
On November 26, Hammock released Oblivion Hymns, their most ambitious recording to date. Hammock reaches as far as they ever have, adding a string quartet, children’s choir, accordion, French horn, glockenspiel, and more to their growing arsenal of instrumentation. Coupled with their familiar bank of guitars and effects, the end result is a special kind of magic waiting to be experienced, not simply listened to. Oblivion Hymns redefines what listeners have come to expect from a Hammock record, leaving all traces of traditional rock or pop far behind and introducing the band’s unique take on neoclassical music. Bathed in intricate layers of sweeping strings, strident horns, and delicately pressed keys, Oblivion Hymns rides a cascade of sound to the farthest-reaching corners of your heart and delivers a deep emotional connection, capable of ferreting out the most precious of memories. Oblivion Hymns is best described as an expedition across sight and sound. You won’t know where you’re headed, and you’re bound to feel drained by the end, but wherever you arrive, the journey will have been unforgettable.
With no agenda, expectations, or even intention to release music, guitarists Marc Byrd and Andrew Thompson began getting together as a way of letting the sounds inside of them find their way out into the open. Byrd describes it this way: "There are times when the need to create a thing begins to interrupt your life. And if you don't give in to it, everything else starts to suffer."
After about a year of sporadic sessions, Byrd and Thompson began to gather up all of the recordings - which were strewn about on everything from cassette recorders to hard drives to two-inch tape - and were surprised to discover that they had around forty pieces of music. Out of this pool of songs came their 2005 debut Kenotic, which introduced audiences to their densely textured aesthetic and shimmering guitar-driven compositions. Theirs is a unique sound - it is “sleepier” than the often-brash crescendos of their post-rocker cousins, drawing from the ethereal minimalism of Stars of the Lid and reminiscent of 80's Brian Eno and Nick McCabe of the band The Verve. Byrd and Thompson describe it simply as "Southern Ambient", citing the wide-open spaces of the South's rural landscape as an all-pervading influence in their music (Byrd's nickname in Arkansas was "Marc Marc Marc" because of his delay-drenched guitar sounds).
Although hailed as a classic in the Shoegaze genre, Kenotic revealed a band inspired by many different musical styles, from Electronic, Ambient, Minimalism-Drone to Post-Rock. Byrd and Thompson expanded on their unique amalgam of these sounds on their next release, the July 2005 EP Stranded Under Endless Sky. What followed eight months later was somewhat of a stylistic turn for the band, the heavily conceptual longform drone-influenced album The Sleepover Series, Vol. 1 (Remastered). November 2006 saw the release of the band's proper sophomore LP, Raising Your Voice...Trying to Stop an Echo, an album frequently hailed for its canny fusion of melodic accessibility and intrepid experimentalism. The band was attracting consistent acclaim from influential media such as Pitchfork, BBC, The Wire, and NPR, but most meaningfully to Byrd and Thompson, also from artists they admired like Mark Eitzel (solo and AMC), Brian McBride and Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie (Stars of the Lid), Steve Kilbey and Tim Powles (The Church), BT, The Antlers, and Jonsi and Alex.
In Fall 2007, Hammock was invited by Jonsi Birgisson (Sigur Ros, solo artist, Jonsi & Alex) and Alex Somers (Parachutes and Jonsi & Alex) to perform at the overseas debut of their art collaboration, Riceboy Sleeps. This created confluence of firsts for all four artists, as it was to be Hammock's first-ever live show. Byrd and Thompson wrote new music especially for the occasion, and these songs would ultimately become Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow, a "studio performance" album of the music they played at the Riceboy Sleeps premiere. Birgisson and Somers as Riceboy Sleeps created the artwork for the release.
Chasing After Shadows...Living With the Ghosts followed in May 2010, along with a freestanding four-song Outtakes EP. Darker, heavier, and more massive sonically than Hammock's previous releases, the album was mixed by Tim Powles of The Church and features the duo's first usage of a horn section, string quartet, and live drums. David Altobelli's influential video for “"Breathturn"” was released in late March 2010. Chasing... was praised by BBC as "one of the most beautiful albums of the year" and received accolades from Pitchfork and PRI-syndicated show "Echoes", where it was named #1 in its "Best Albums of the Year" list.
On December 14, the duo released the EP Longest Year, a beat-less and wordless "mini-album" held for release until the dead of winter and whose title referenced the band's difficult 2010 (which included the near-total destruction of Byrd's home by an epic flood the likes of which had not been seen in Nashville in over 100 years).
The aforementioned digital-only EP of outtakes from the May 2010 LP, Chasing After Shadows...Living With the Ghosts, contained four songs, two of which were tagged with "instrumental" in the titles even though no other versions existed. That changed on October 25, 2011 with the release of the EP Asleep in the Downlights, which features vocals and lyrics from Steve Kilbey and Tim Powles of The Church and two new songs from Hammock.
Departure Songs, the band's first double album and fifth LP, was announced with the release of "Tape Recorder", a video from David Altobelli, which premiered at PAPERMAG on July 9, 2012. Officially released on October 2, the album was mixed by Tim Powles (The Church), mastered by Taylor Deupree (solo artist, 12K label), and features contributions from Keith Kenniff (Helios, Goldmund). Not as fragile as previous efforts, Departure Songs shows Hammock going massive as they meditate on grand themes of death and loss, retaining their signature approach to music-making, but this time out, heralding their muse in all capital letters. The album was frequently mentioned in 2012 "best-of" lists and held the top slot at Sputnik Music (across all genres) and was named as the #1 album of the year by the PRI-syndicated show "Echoes", Hammock's second such honor in the last three years.
On November 26, Hammock released Oblivion Hymns, their most ambitious recording to date. Hammock reaches as far as they ever have, adding a string quartet, children’s choir, accordion, French horn, glockenspiel, and more to their growing arsenal of instrumentation. Coupled with their familiar bank of guitars and effects, the end result is a special kind of magic waiting to be experienced, not simply listened to. Oblivion Hymns redefines what listeners have come to expect from a Hammock record, leaving all traces of traditional rock or pop far behind and introducing the band’s unique take on neoclassical music. Bathed in intricate layers of sweeping strings, strident horns, and delicately pressed keys, Oblivion Hymns rides a cascade of sound to the farthest-reaching corners of your heart and delivers a deep emotional connection, capable of ferreting out the most precious of memories. Oblivion Hymns is best described as an expedition across sight and sound. You won’t know where you’re headed, and you’re bound to feel drained by the end, but wherever you arrive, the journey will have been unforgettable.
South
Hammock Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'South' by these artists:
A Cursive Memory Every step that I want to take I'm told to hurry…
Al Hirt Homesick tired All alone in a big city Why should…
Alex Welsh & His Band St. Mother Maria, watch over us please As we wander around…
Alpha What side of the city, is my hustlers at What side…
Andy Mara a.k.a All Wheel Drive Grew up on the country side of town Now I'm ballin'…
Antje Duvekot Mother, mother take good care 'Cause there are jagged shards…
Ayrtn Seke Wop, I'm the heartbreak kid Large amounts of the bank…
Banners Young Buck: Young Buck, Lil Flip, David Banner c'mon G-Unit …
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra There are some who can still remember All the things that…
Bjørnstad/Darling/Christensen/Rypdal I'm working early in the morning but I just don't…
Black Hill Well the train to Grinders witch is running right on time An…
Bob Wallis and His Storyville Jazzmen Homesick tired All alone in a big city Why should…
Bob Wills Oh now, my window faces the South Good old Southland Yeah Se…
Buddy Rich Homesick tired All alone in a big city Why should…
Claude Luter and His Orchestra South of the border Down Mexico way That's where I fell in…
Clyde McCoy & His Orchestra Go South, young man go South, young man That's where you…
Clyde McCoy And His Orchestra South of the border Down Mexico way That's where I fell in…
CocoRosie Somebody's baby boy ain't coming home tonight We don't need…
Count Basie Pale moon shining on the fields below Folks are crooning son…
D.Fine My window faces the South, I'm almost halfway to heaven Sno…
D.O.R.K. Shoreline is at our feet Down at South Ponto Beach I could…
Damien Jurado Tom and I out on the hillside Waving at planes and…
Deadharrie Tell me that You'd never dream about Running away When I'm t…
Dinah Shore Ai, ai, ai, ai Have you ever danced in the tropics? With…
Dj M.O.B. Não esqueço de onde eu vim Escrevo sobre onde eu vim Sei…
Doc Severinsen Homesick tired All alone in a big city Why should…
Ego Likeness They are running me south And I know it's coming I've a…
Endless Endless Endless I serve her up a plate of lies Of course Engulfed in…
f/stop I wish that I could tell the whole world What you…
Frank Sinatra South of the border, down Mexico way That's where I fell…
Freddy Randall & His Band St. Mother Maria, watch over us please As we wander around…
G.A.S. Drummers Dime lo que sientes tu, vamos a bailar Orale, enseñame, pont…
Galimatias Look me in the eye I'ma take it slow River running…
Geary Mark I am surprised to get A letter from you now I living…
Graham Colton You went up and down inside my head The way you…
Henry If she was a bird she'd fly forever If she was…
Hippo Campus Three leagues down the soft side of where you left…
Honeywhip Was in another life then Floating through the ether Breathin…
Hookers and Cola Bluebird, please, take this letter down south for me Oh, bl…
Hot Lips Page and His Band St. Mother Maria, watch over us please As we wander around…
Humphrey Lyttelton and His Band Homesick tired All alone in a big city Why should…
J.P. & Annadeene Fraley Do or die in the hood He ain't a trap star…
jaydes (You have no heart) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Ohissmcqueen) Ay…
Jean-Michel Pilc And I'm going to forgive you …
Jimmy & Johnny If they hating tell em Blow me off I Love my…
Joey Trap (Max2k10) lil Toe, Lil Toe, ayy (Bitch, bitch, bitch, Lil To…
Joshua Fletcher and the Six-Shot Romance Way down south Where water turns to wine But we don't settle…
K - SOUTH It's the Young Menace, man you know how I get it I…
Kankan & SSGKobe I got a nine g-Star my jeans, Number (N) ine I…
Karate How many times have I heard, "In the South they…
Kevin Clark Homesick tired All alone in a big city Why should…
KEYAH/BLU If you don't hold the door open for those behind…
Lagwagon Gotta drive all night if not a go Got to designate…
Leng Hock Hope that you scored big I can see it from the…
Leon Seti My eyes are not used to the sun After all the…
Louie and the Dukes of Dixieland Homesick tired All alone in a big city Why should…
Louis Armstrong Skoki-skoki Skoki-skoki-aan Okey-dokey, anybody can Oh-oh, f…
Louis Armstrong & The Dukes of Dixieland Homesick tired All alone in a big city Why should…
Louis Armstrong and the Dukes of Dixieland Homesick tired All alone in a big city Why should…
Lucasraps One shop from the shopper leaver (Yeah yeah) Hop in the…
Maddox Brothers and Rose Driving south 'round midnight, man, I must have been insane …
Mark Geary I am surprised to get A letter from you now I living…
Molim It's not my life I borrowed it from someone strong I borrowe…
Mr. Acker Bilk And His Paramount Jazz Band I'm about to go up high you ain't ready for…
Music From the O.C. I get to tripping When I'm stuck in my feelings I get…
Naod Hon är kvar i T House Och hon ställer ba dumma…
Nino Ferrer Between the big trees The flowers and the green grass The …
Nino Ferrer & Radiah Between the big trees The flowers and the green grass The ho…
NOVAGANG midwxst Ran up on that nigga cause He talking out his mouth Reppin…
O.C. Soundtrack I get to tripping When I'm stuck in my feelings I get…
Outkast feat. Goodie Mob One to da two da three da four Dem dirty Red…
Pee Wee Hunt & His Orchestra South of the border Down Mexico way That's where I fell in…
Peter Kater & R. Carlos Nakai How you always do me wrong Yeah Never answering ur phone Nu…
Peter Kater - R. Carlos Nakai And I've been singing songs in the south end Where the…
Phosphorescent Oh There's dogs calling awfully out here There's cows with …
quannnic So dated, so weary You deserve it, not a good thing To…
R. Carlos Nakai/Peter Kater And I've been singing songs in the south end Where the…
Racing Glaciers You say it's coming out, well it's coming out It's colder…
Rock & Roll won't you hit me with the same old rhythm they wash out…
Roger Miller Hot afternoon, sometime in June Sittin' on the front porch, …
SaV! The harmonies sound so good Running late to work with a…
SEUNGRAE I know you love me She knows I do Ay, I've been…
Sidney Bechet & Claude Luter Homesick tired All alone in a big city Why should…
South It's the Young Menace, man you know how I get it I…
Sumner How's it all going now, how's this all playing out All…
T.y The Truth Handle yourself Handle yourself Handle yourself All that's l…
Tantô south side south side cadilac roda prata camisa da nascar a…
The Dukes of Dixieland Homesick tired All alone in a big city Why should…
The Maddox Brothers & Rose Six million ways to mob, choose one South Brooklyn ting, aye…
The Naughtys [Treach] No Limit [Myst.] Naughty! [Treach] Da bomb Ill [Mys…
The O.C. Mix 1 I get to tripping When I'm stuck in my feelings I get…
The White Octave Delayed like a caesarean baby. i'm owned till i split…
Three Mile Pilot Amongst the ghosts there is a secret to life Over buildings…
TK-33 Cruisin through the city, what’s the move? Cruisin through …
Topeka Clementine & Theholyrainbowclub I been playing hooky from my feelings I been on the…
Troy Cassar-Daley Ooh, I said life It gets better Life It gets better Life It …
TTG Kobe CoryxKenshin, legend, but that's a given Like a stone on my…
V.S Let me take you on a trip so you can…
Vince Gill You know I'm about to lose my mind I got a…
vindit N-n-n-north to the south Up and down and back around North t…
Virgo Eu tava andando e minha mente foi longe, indo muito…
VNITI The birds flew south anyway I find myself wishing I could…
Willie And The Wheel Lydia is so complacent City girls are overrated Asking you a…
Willie Nelson & Asleep At The Wheel It's the same old South It's a regular children's heaven Whe…
Woody Herman & His Orchestra Go South, young man go South, young man That's where you…
Wu-lu First night of my travelin’ At the sugar loaf motel Room 21…
Yonna Me guard die laat ik down Ik ben up right now Hoe…
Young Midi To the South yah To the South yah, yeah Yah! To the South To…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Hammock:
(Tonight) We Burn Like Stars That Never Die We're all dreaming, We're all dreaming, We could die chasing…
... Like Starlight Into Day You say your time is over You seek but never find And…
Black Metallic I've never seen you when you're smiling It really gets under…
Cold Front Now you're so gone And it's so wrong Did I know you? I…
Dissonance I′ve been drinking Just to settle down We keep sinking Into …
Everything and Nothing We′re satellites Everything and nothing We're so alive Endle…
Glassy Blue Lose myself In glassy blue No one else Just me and you Stars…
Hiding But Nobody Missed You How could I forget your smile? (Secrets hidden in your eyes…
I Would Give My Breath Away Wish I could heal Your broken wings To fly Make every song C…
No Agenda A song within a song You get lost I go wrong We…
Parkers Chapel Moonlight glows on my skin The stars fill up the sky Remem…
Raising Your Voice... Trying to Stop an Echo You swore you'd never be them You're just like them You're…
Shipwrecked On a cold night We lay down Under starlight We break down…
Sinking Inside Yourself Every time you wake up Too gone to see Every time you…
Still Secrets Remaining The words that you wasted They're spoken no more Your smile …
Ten Thousand Years Won't Save Your Life It takes so long for you to realize, Ten thousand years…
The Air Between Us Why you crying? I can't wait... Why you crying?…
This Is Not Enough This is not enough There is not enough Time fades away This …
Tres Dominé Tres dominé, my soul's become mas freo. Tres dominé, my soul…
Unspoken So hard Letting go My love now Like birds who flew away So f…
What Heaven Allows Take a little jump in the back of your mind, Take…
While All the Stars Are Falling Down Let′s kiss while all the stars are falling down Tonight we…
You Lost the Starlight in Your Eyes All the nights we tried and tried to find the starlight…
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hawkstrike18+
Like some already said: They will, and they won't ;p
Just try to be fair and enjoy the (few) good moments. I guess that's pretty much all the relatively few truly good ppl can do, until the whole world decides to become synchronized (in thought/opinions/mentality, mainly), "wake up" and finally realize what's the right path and how to be mature enough to follow it as a species ...eventually. It's not easy after all. Well, yh, if they ever understand (oh, btw, chances are you weren't referring to the big picture, but I choose to act as if you were because, that's how personal problems start -- just imagine a world where most ppl were objective and good and cared in practice, being truly supportive, instead of worrying only about themselves and their shortsighted ambitions or opinions of how the next person should be, or how to "win" some stupid game that's in their head ...like life is a mere competition or something).
Anyway, tbh, I think it has just started. Sure, YT isn't the best place from which one should draw serious conclusions about the world, but it's an okay example imo; I see many more deep/logical comments than I used to, and that may be a solid indication "ordinary" ppl have started to use their brain for real, at least compared to how blindly they'd follow almost every stupid thing served to them by those who want everyone dumb and controllable.
I may sound extra naive by saying this, but, considering the place I'm posting this, even searching for your own favorite music on this site is helping ppl start being slightly more active. Not that the majority do that since they mostly rely on movies/series/commercials, but the number of passionate individuals who see things in a more romantic light and aren't just some random mindless/soulless consumers is increasing.
The way I (try to) see it, in general, too; the majority are still cynical and with the mentality of a follower-fanatic but yeah, I do think more people are mature nowadays. Or maybe I've been trying to convince myself about that (would like to read opinions on that, actually... I know most ppl see me as silly, too innocent or whatever it is, when I make such statements but, well, at least I try to be less skeptical than I really am inclined to be about humans, for the sake of giving them/us a chance to show they/we are not as shallow as they/we usually seem... if only more ppl would do that and quit being as judgemental and absolute/fanatical/stubborn/close-minded/stupid/immature as they are).
That's all. Enough for today xD
p.s. Mauricio said what I would have said in another 4 paragraphs, I guess. Well, that's the simplest way to put it... we need the faith and action if we want to live in a better world. But, perhaps most of all, the honesty/genuineness and logic. Both have suffered enough, for so long....
kiki
I go to sleep every night listening to Hammock...
vũ hoàng
Same to me
Playtime Motion Pictures
same here
Cloud FF7
Toujours la même claque a chaque écoute , c'est magistral
777pusher
There was a similar sounding brilliance out there that had a video of cold railroads, icy towns and polar bears, but it was deleted (of course YouTube doesn’t let you keep the title/artist). Note to self - write down all gems found on YouTube, because they may be lost forever, if deleted!!
Peter Edgington
Music that gives your mind space to breathe and just be. You can almost feel the Earth turning.
Aniket Chowdhury
I relate the 'Earth turning'.
Aditya Anand
This is very relaxing.
ReTubeQ8
its 1.29 am. i'm alone at home hoping things get better in the future.
novah2000 oscar
Hello, where are you now after three years? are you well?