Raising Your Voice... Trying To Stop An Echo

Best of 2006: Hammock Does It Again
For sale in Amazon.com (and other stores) Nov. 21 and already available through iTunes, Hammock's latest album (titled Raising your voice... trying to stop an echo) becomes another jewel in an impeccable string of albums and EPs they have released since their debut release, Kenotic.

Hammock continues to do what they do best: produce beautiful music for the soul that will take you in a trip of inner discovery. The follow up album of the Nashville-based duo continues to integrate thickly layered guitars in shoegaze fashion (think Slowdive), producing soundscapes much like they did in their previous works, in a very organic way.

Raising your voice... trying to stop an echo goes beyond the work the meditative/instrumental sound they've gotten us used to, bringing in the angelical voice of Christine Glass Byrd and the sound of piano, strings and occasional percussion to balance the work of Marc Byrd and Andrew Thompson, resulting in eighteen tracks that will be just as appealing to fans of shoegaze and ambient as it can be to those who are into post-rock (Sigur Ros, anybody?) or plain and simple GOOD music.

In the meantime, if you want to sample some of their music, check out Hammock's MySpace page. You can also talk to the band through their blog. I am sure you will end up loving their work. As for me, guess what I play every night before I go to bed... ;)