Hammock – “Love in the Void” / “Sleepytime is over” [Album & Mini-Doc Review]

Hammock’s new album Love in the Void and its companion mini-doc Sleepytime is Over are unleashed this month. Del Pike spends an afternoon soaking up the meditative vibes that they bring. There’s a dreaminess to the new Hammock album that I’ve not heard since Mogwai’s epic 2020 As the Love Continues, and this is a massive compliment, believe me. Comparisons here are impossible to avoid, but where the Mogwai album’s ephemeral tone was a product of lockdown, this is certainly not the case with this release. Brian Siskind’s accompanying mini-documentary Sleepytime is Over, paints a very clear picture that this is an album that celebrates the ability to finally be in a room with other humans again. Ten years on with eleven albums under their belts, the music of Nashville’s Marc Byrd and Andrew ...

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