Track Listing

1. I Can Almost See You
2. Raising Your Voice Trying To Stop An Echo
3. Losing You To You
4. When The Sky Pours Down Like A Fountain
5. House Where We Grew Up
6. God Send Us A Signal
7. Clouds Cover The Stars
8. Floating Away In Every Direction
9. Take A Drink From My Hands
10. Startle The Heavens (Lament)
11. More Dead Than Alive (Get Away From The Medicine)
12. Disappear Like The Morning
13. Like Starlight Into Day
14. Shapwrecked (Flat On Your Back)
15. Chorus Of Trees
16. Passing Away
17. Will You Ever Love Yourself
18. Sparkle And Fade

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #91172 in Music
• Released on: 2006-12-18
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

CD Description
'Raising Your Voice... Trying To Stop An Echo' is the second album from Nashville duo Hammock. The album sees Marc Byrdand Andrew Thompson continue with the atmospheric shoegazing inspired sound that graced their debut 'Kenotic', a mix ofswirling guitars, subtle electronics and Eno-esque ambience.

Customer Reviews

4.5
You sense that Hammock are in the process of development, developing into a major ambient/classical band. The beauty of the melodies on this record are undeniable and the dexterity of the production is impressive at times. At the moment, their stock-in-trade appears to be ethereal, delay-laden soundscapes, which are fine in themselves, but nothing you could call original. It's therefore a bonus that there are also promising signs that they are starting to branch out a little into other musical territories. '...Like Starlight into Day', for instance, has a nice dubby groove to it, whilst stand-out 'Floating Away in Every Direction' combines their smooth layers of guitar with a sharp emotional intensity.
With spotless production qualities, the music can occasionally feel too 'slick' however. 'The House Where We Grew Up In,' for example, just seems too made-for-measure for a song which is ostensibly about memory, but it's still enjoyable. I'd just like to see them take a few more risks in terms of production, beats and mood. But I give this album five stars because there are songs on this record which just demand repeated listens. 'When the Sky Pours Down,' the first song I heard by them, is just beautiful ambient music.

toe-curlingly awful titles, quite nice music
despite unintentionally hilarious song titles that sound like a Fast Show parody (Chorus of Trees, Floating Away In Every Direction and my own personal favourite When The Sky Pours Down Like a Fountain which might be the Worst Song Title In The World Ever) this is pleasant spacious melodic ambient music that's not trying to be art. if you're a fan of the artier end of ambient - eno, biosphere, aphex etc.. - you might find this a bit too bland and, well, NICE...but sometimes nice is what you want.