Hammock

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 Stars of the Lid. Hammock is a collaboration between Marc Byrd and Andrew Thompson that developed out of informa... more

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 Stars of the Lid. Hammock is a collaboration between Marc Byrd and Andrew Thompson that developed out of informal recording sessions between songwriting 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... less