Monday, March 31, 2008
Echoes, artwork, release date, etc...
Hi, everyone.
We've been invited to do a live performance for the syndicated Public Radio International program Echoes as part of their "Living Room" Concert series. The performance/interview will be taped on May 6th and then broadcast sometime after. Over 130 radio stations carry Echoes, so chances are that no matter where you live in the US, you'll be able to hear it on the night it airs. For all of our friends who don't have Echoes in their listening area and for any who miss the actual radio broadcast, you'll be able to stream the show online at www.echoes.org. We'll make sure to send you the exact details as they come. Echoes has been especially supportive of Hammock since we launched the project in 2005. Were excited to follow some artists that we really love like Album Leaf, Air, Harold Budd, Michael Hedges, Jeff Pearce, Robert Rich, Will Ackerman, and Yo-Yo Ma, who have all done Echoes Living Room performances.
We have an official "available" date for Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow: May 5, 2008, and it will most likely appear digitally a week or so before that. And if you happen to be attending our performance with Stars of the Lid in DC on May 4, we'll have CDs available at the show.
In our last newsletter we announced that Jonsi and Alex had finished the artwork, and we wanted to share some of it with you. You can see two of the six panels that make up the CD package. Go to our myspace page and look under blog. Click on the links/images at the end of the blog to download a high res copy of the artwork. Hope you like what you see!
That's it for now. Thank you for listening.
Peace,
Hammock
Posted By Hammock Music at 9:34 AM
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
More info, live shows, new record, etc...
Hi, friends. Just wanted to share a little more information with you on the new record and tell you about some other plans.
This is really early notice on this one, but we wanted to go ahead and let you all know that Hammock will be opening for Stars of the Lid on Sunday, May 4 in Washington DC at IOTA Club.
This is the first Stars of the Lid tour of North American tour in six years, and they've been a huge inspiration to us, so we're really excited to be performing with them. We'll be playing a short set of all new music from the upcoming record, "Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow."
Also, Auburn Lull, our label mates on Darla Records, recently extended us an invitation to perform together for a few dates this year, which we look forward to doing whenever possible (check out Auburn Lull's new album if you get a chance). We're planning an album-release performance in Nashville in early summer, and there will be more news to come on this in the next few weeks.
Jonsi and Alex sent along the final artwork for the record recently and it's beautiful! The setup and manufacture of this package is much more involved this time around and there are a few other factors that look to be pushing our release into mid/late April. But the music and art masters have all been delivered and things are really starting to move forward now. We're happy to announce that we'll again be working with Darla Records on this release. The song titles follow below:
1. Gold Star Mothers
2. City in the Dust on My Window
3. This Kind of Life Keeps Breaking Your Heart
4. Mono No Aware
5. Three Sisters
6. Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow
7. Elm
8. Razorback Drug Town
9. Eighty-Four Thousand Hymns
10. We Will Say Goodbye to Everyone
11. All of Your Children Are Addicts
We'll be launching a brand-new website alongside the new record. It will have a brighter look and a more user-friendly navigation and lots of exclusive content like songs from the new record, video, a blog/diary, and more.
As always, thank you for listening, and
Peace,
Hammock
Posted By Hammock Music at 7:38 AM
10 Comments:
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said...
- Awesome!!
Cant wait guys! - said...
- Oh wowwwwwwwwww! I can't wait. I really hope the album comes out soon! I have been so patient! Take care ya'll!
- Wes M. said...
- Great news all around but...arghhh - I just moved from the DC area to Colorado...hoping that you guys and Auburn Lull can swing by the Rockies.
I can't wait to see the new website and hear clips from the new album.
By the way, the new Auburn Lull is stunningly beautiful indeed. -
Brent said...
- Great news, guys....so, hmm....which is closer to Toronto...d.c. or nashville?
Or, will the auburn lull tour take you even closer? detroit? buffalo? TORONTO??????
congrats, Hammock. - MTWY said...
- please don't take away the art section (both words and photos) from the new website. =]
- said...
- oh, I'm so there. turns out living in Baltimore DOES have its advantages
- Jer (Common Child) said...
- Thanks for the update Marc... I love the song titles as always, including perhaps a subconscious reference to my new favorite purveyors of Japanese shoegaze? The drug allusions make me even more curious than I already would have been to hear what you guys have come up with this time around. Sounds like it might be pretty intense. I think I can manage to wait another month or 2 for the album... maybe I'll just have to strap myself into a straitjacket to minimize the frothing convulsions that are bound to wrack my body pretty soon.
I so wish I could be on the East coast for the bound-to-be-epic D.C. gig, but alas my spring travels will have me in the Southwest around that date. But I'm thrilled that touring is even an option on the table at this point! I never pictured that being a possibility. I guess once you've touched based with a big-leaguer like Jonsi, all bets are off. ; )
Thanks again Marc, and a hearty pat on the back to all my fellow Byrd watchers who wait for months and years for these moments of giddy pre-release anticipation!!
Jeremy - Brent said...
- May 13 is the release date on Darla (search for "Hammock" to see the pre-release description)
- Hammock Music said...
- It's been moved up to May 5th...
spaced out,
Marc - said...
- Thanks for the update Marc!
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Chosen by Echoes listeners as a Top 25 release of 2006, named by Echoes as Top 25 Essential CD of 2006, and Echoes CD of the Month for January, 2007
Pick of the week for Filter Magazine and cited as a Top 10 release for 2006
"Raising Your Voice... Trying to Stop an Echo" is a massive artistic statement. A Gravity¹s Rainbow of ambient chamber rock, it defies the iTunization of the world. You want to hear the whole thing, slipping it on, cranking up the volume and riding it into an infinite sunset. A dream guitar masterpiece" --John Diliberto, Host, Echoes
Named #2 in Silent Ballet's Top 50 Instrumental Releases of 2006. "Hammock follows up its debut album with another collection of utterly indescribable and magnificent songs...This is music that seeps deeply into the pores and goes straight for the heart...Brilliant only begins to scratch the surface..." --The Silent Ballet
9/10. This longing, melodic, melancholic, and thoughtful texture that seems to tug at one¹s heartstrings from start to finishÅ It¹s the type of music that hits you in the gut immediately, Nothing about this album is less than Grade A+ material. It's an album that forces one to reflect on both the highs and lows in one¹s life.² ÂPop Matters
Throughout the eighteen tracks there is a glorious stillness to be found, even when the drums turn the album into a shoegazing masterpiece, the guitars throwing lazy shapes (and the occasional shadow) across the tunes Opening track 'I Can Almost See You' is as beautiful as anything you have heard this year, an album that is best appreciated when heard in its entirety, although it can be neatly summarised by listening to 'Floating Away In Every Direction', the title speaks volumes and the music perfectly matches the sentiments, but don¹t take my word for it, go and get your own copy and be transported. ÂSimon Lewis, Terrascope
Waves of glimmering Cocteau Twins-like guitar traverse over barren landscapes, twinkling like nearby constellations. It is at once distant and extremely joyous, a life affirming, yet somehow Zen-like expression of mood and of depthÅ It's a lot to take in, and each minute is profoundly emotive and heartbreaking. Hammock may require patience, but those who possess it will be rewarded in spades.² ÂJeff Terich, Treble Magazine
Hammock's brand of musical expression is honest, patient, meticulous and acknowledging of the warm-blooded nature of its listeners. It stirs the soul like little other music that's out there in this day in age.² ÂLuke Daniel Rush, Sound the Sirens
"The Hammock sound is unique; harsh yet beautiful, and curiously satisfying while still leaving one wanting more. Raising Your Voice is a work of genius by a duo who are pathfinders in guitar based drone ambience. It's essential listening for anyone interested in ambient music." --Dene Bebbington, Melliflua
"Hammock's sad, epic music bathes the listener in multi-tracked electric guitars swimming in a sea of reverb and gentle distortion, sometimes alone, sometimes with piano, cello and/or a steady rock backbeat. It's a somber, fuzzy sound but crucially a melodic one too, with an appeal to both electronic ambient and indie rock listeners." --Ambient Music Guide
"Just when you thought this amazing band could not attain the splendid heights of their previous efforts, they go ahead and release a jaw dropping disc of pure sonic BLISS at the end of 2006! Not since the golden days of Brian Eno has an artist created devastatingly beautiful atmospheres that transport you in a dreamlike state beyond the stars..." --Dark Symphonies "5/5. Gorgeous. Stunning. Sublime! Deserves no distractions or interuptions from barking dogs, people talking and general noise pollution. A candidate for best ethereal rock record of the year." --Kenyon Hopkin, Advance Copy
Pick of the week for Filter Magazine and cited as a Top 10 release for 2006
"Raising Your Voice... Trying to Stop an Echo" is a massive artistic statement. A Gravity¹s Rainbow of ambient chamber rock, it defies the iTunization of the world. You want to hear the whole thing, slipping it on, cranking up the volume and riding it into an infinite sunset. A dream guitar masterpiece" --John Diliberto, Host, Echoes
Named #2 in Silent Ballet's Top 50 Instrumental Releases of 2006. "Hammock follows up its debut album with another collection of utterly indescribable and magnificent songs...This is music that seeps deeply into the pores and goes straight for the heart...Brilliant only begins to scratch the surface..." --The Silent Ballet
9/10. This longing, melodic, melancholic, and thoughtful texture that seems to tug at one¹s heartstrings from start to finishÅ It¹s the type of music that hits you in the gut immediately, Nothing about this album is less than Grade A+ material. It's an album that forces one to reflect on both the highs and lows in one¹s life.² ÂPop Matters
Throughout the eighteen tracks there is a glorious stillness to be found, even when the drums turn the album into a shoegazing masterpiece, the guitars throwing lazy shapes (and the occasional shadow) across the tunes Opening track 'I Can Almost See You' is as beautiful as anything you have heard this year, an album that is best appreciated when heard in its entirety, although it can be neatly summarised by listening to 'Floating Away In Every Direction', the title speaks volumes and the music perfectly matches the sentiments, but don¹t take my word for it, go and get your own copy and be transported. ÂSimon Lewis, Terrascope
Waves of glimmering Cocteau Twins-like guitar traverse over barren landscapes, twinkling like nearby constellations. It is at once distant and extremely joyous, a life affirming, yet somehow Zen-like expression of mood and of depthÅ It's a lot to take in, and each minute is profoundly emotive and heartbreaking. Hammock may require patience, but those who possess it will be rewarded in spades.² ÂJeff Terich, Treble Magazine
Hammock's brand of musical expression is honest, patient, meticulous and acknowledging of the warm-blooded nature of its listeners. It stirs the soul like little other music that's out there in this day in age.² ÂLuke Daniel Rush, Sound the Sirens
"The Hammock sound is unique; harsh yet beautiful, and curiously satisfying while still leaving one wanting more. Raising Your Voice is a work of genius by a duo who are pathfinders in guitar based drone ambience. It's essential listening for anyone interested in ambient music." --Dene Bebbington, Melliflua
"Hammock's sad, epic music bathes the listener in multi-tracked electric guitars swimming in a sea of reverb and gentle distortion, sometimes alone, sometimes with piano, cello and/or a steady rock backbeat. It's a somber, fuzzy sound but crucially a melodic one too, with an appeal to both electronic ambient and indie rock listeners." --Ambient Music Guide
"Just when you thought this amazing band could not attain the splendid heights of their previous efforts, they go ahead and release a jaw dropping disc of pure sonic BLISS at the end of 2006! Not since the golden days of Brian Eno has an artist created devastatingly beautiful atmospheres that transport you in a dreamlike state beyond the stars..." --Dark Symphonies "5/5. Gorgeous. Stunning. Sublime! Deserves no distractions or interuptions from barking dogs, people talking and general noise pollution. A candidate for best ethereal rock record of the year." --Kenyon Hopkin, Advance Copy
Did you hear what Ulrich Schnauss said about you guys on Echoes? Check it out here. Here's the RealMedia clip. Ulrich is one of my heroes and it was cool to hear him hold you guys and your music in high regard.
Cant wait to hear it!
Wow what a compliment from Ulrich!! I didnt even know he knew about Hammock!! Wooo
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