Well it’s finally here. The snow has moved in and has covered all of the ice that was laid down the evening before. However, with it being so cold and basically feeling like winter for the first time this year for me, it fits right along with the album I wanted to briefly touch upon before I head off into the weekend sunset. Within roughly two years Hammock has been able to put out some very fantastic material that somehow connects the dots between post-rock, shoegaze, and ambient music. On their second album Raising Your Voice…Trying to Stop an Echo the duo has pretty much out done themselves once again. Moving forward with their interesting combination of all things dreamlike, Hammock has unleashed over 70 minutes worth of songs that will wrap and melt around you. It’s a large number I know. However for fans that like their music sort of chilled and dreamy then there shouldn't be any problem. For the first time, Hammock has added slight touches of vocals to some of their songs which are done very well and add to what is already a pretty impressive palette of swirling sound. Basically this is the type of album to get completely lost in while you’re stuck inside watching everything get completely buried underneath the snow.

Hammock – Raising Your Voice…Trying to Stop an Echo [MP3]
Hammock – Disappear Like the Morning [MP3]

You can pick this up now from the Tonevendor. You can also pick up their debut Kenotic and their EP Under Endless Skies from CD Baby. I would highly suggest those that enjoy Sigur Ros, Boards of Canada, or Tim Hecker’s latest album to give this a good listen. With that, I am out for the weekend and will return Monday with the monthly mix hopefully.

Labels: dream-pop