Hammock (band)

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Hammock

Origin	Nashville, TN, USA
Years active	c. 2004–present
Genres	Post-Rock / Space rock / Experimental
Labels	Hammock Music, Darla Records
Members	Marc Byrd, guitar Andrew Thompson, guitar

1 Biography
2 Discography
- 2.1 Albums and EPs
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Biography

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.

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; a 2-minute preview of the title track from Raising Your Voice...Trying to Stop an Echo appeared on the Darla Records pre-order page mid-September.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums and EPs

Title	Release date	Notes	Label
Kenotic	2004	Debut Full-Length	Hammock Music
Stranded Under Endless Sky	2005	CDEP / 12" Vinyl (100 Clear/900 Black)	Hammock Music / Republic of Texas Recordings
Raising Your Voice...Trying to Stop an Echo	2006	Full-Length	Darla Records