Hammock - Get interesting on 'Love in the Void'

Hammock explore 'Love in the Void'

Breaking from the strange monotony and abnormal norms that took hold during two years of pandemic life, Hammock returns with 'Love in the Void', an album that looks to the future, seizes the present, and unabashedly relishes the experiences and bonds that bring meaning to our days. Known for crafting orchestral works of stirring cinematic ambience, on 'Love in the Void' the Nashville based duo of Marc Byrd and Andrew Thompson bring guitar forward, heartpounding urgency to songs that shout through and shatter the static of complacency.  Since forming as Hammock in 2003, Byrd and Thompson have released fourteen critically acclaimed albums, and are renowned for their unique talent for bringing inexpressible emotion to life.

The Covid-19 pandemic followed closely after one of Hammock’s career defining works, the 'Mysterium', 'Universalis', and 'Silencia' trilogy that chronicled the incomprehensible loss of Byrd’s twenty year old nephew. At their homes and apart, Byrd and Thompson then recorded Elsewhere, an album of shimmering ambience that channeled alienated longing and displacement into avenues that gave way to worlds and possibilities yet realized. Shaken awake and needing to break free of frustrations and longings, 'Love in the Void' pulses with an unbridled spirit for action and experience and a burning desire for connection.

Across songs that hammer home the keenly felt emotions of life’s highs and lows, Byrd and Thompson crest soaring crescendos awash in reverb and delve to keenly felt moments of quiet introspection, with unflinching lyrics on tracks like 'Undoing' and 'Denial of Endings' that weigh choices made and circumstances that can’t be changed. Lush and dramatic string orchestration from Matt Kidd (Slow Meadow) and emphatic drumming from Jake Finch heighten the stakes in play, and Christine Byrd’s (Lumenette) ethereal vocals leave mysteries lingering in the haze. 'Love in the Void' is Hammock’s loudest album to date, embracing daring and vulnerability with palpable vitality at its core. Wide eyed and looking forward, 'Love in the Void' moves into an unknown future without fear.

'Love in the Void' tracklisting Below:

01 Procession
02 Love in the Void
03 UnTruth
04 It's ok to be afraid of the Universe
05 Release
06 Gods becoming Memories
07 It's in this Lie
08 I would stare into the sun with you Forever
09 Undoing 
10 Absorbed in Light
11 Will we ever be ourselves Again
12 Denial of Endings
13 The End is the Beginning

Check Out! the Video for 'Procession / Love in the Void' Below...