Album Rating: 4.5
Musically this sounds similar to material in Kinetic and Stranded Under Endless Sky, but this time around it just feels more mature and fleshed out. Choral bits show up twice, and are spot on and more clearly pronounced than in previous albums. The bonus tracks are excellent too - "Sleep" sounds like the spiritual successor to "In the Nothing of a Night".
The highlight of this album for me is "Hope Becomes a Loss" - 8-ish minutes of a truly glorious wall of orchestral sound. The last few minutes are heaven.
This one probably won't change your mind on Hammock, but to someone who's been listening since Kenotic, this is one of their finest.
4.5
Edit: review is a bit sappy, but honestly, if I was going to try to describe what it does to my ears it would be similar. I tend to get a very "deep south" feel to Hammock's music - I feel like I'm looking over the remains of an old farm, with rusting equipment and dilapidated buildings in sight, nature overrunning everything. Beautiful and a sad, but it's just life. Life maaaaaaaaaaan.
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Album Rating: 4.0
This is what I imagined when I first listened to the record. I was reluctant to include it in the review, but then I thought what the hell, it's my opinion and my view. Any other scenarios are okay since anyone associates the music with different backgrounds.
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someone gimme an album ranking i'm curious
i've only heard raising your voice... and departure songs
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Album Rating: 4.5
Listen to Raising Your Voice... Trying to Stop an Echo, it's probably their best.
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Album Rating: 4.0
What Amphoteric said, plus Departure Songs.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Bump it everyone
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maybe they will sing for us tomorrow >>> all
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Album Rating: 3.5
"maybe they will sing for us tomorrow >>> all" [2]
Seriously, the title track is one of the best ambient songs I've ever heard.
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Album Rating: 4.0
I think this is considerably better than departure songs. Less bloated, no filler tracks. And I don't see how this is more cheesy than any of their other stuff.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Yeah this is probably a solid 4-4.5 for most people. I only ever bump to 5 if I really connect with something.
Plus the video for I Could Hear The Water is amazing as usual....
http://vimeo.com/79524279
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Album Rating: 4.5
Will probably end up bumping it up to a 4.5, I Could Hear the Water at the Edge of All Things and Hope Becomes a Loss are so good.
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Album Rating: 4.5
this is so fucking good. Tres Domine sucks on its own but its a perfect closer after hearing the whole thing.
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Top album on sput for 2013, interesting
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Album Rating: 4.0
It only came out a couple days ago though
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yeah it'll stay like that until more non hammock stans listen to it
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Album Rating: 4.0
Nothing wrong with Hammock stans dude, we just like our feels
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Album Rating: 4.0
Personal ranking:
Chasing > Kenotic > Departure Songs > Maybe They Will Sing > Raising your Voice > This (might change, it's pretty early for this album)
Order you should listen to them is the order they were released
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Album Rating: 4.0
Thought you might like this a tiny bit better than that dude, but it's early yet.
Oh and they're making The Sleepover Series Pt 2 right now... Thought you might be interested
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Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off
This is like woah so pretty. Gotta tie an anchor to my feet so I won't float away on a dream.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Ik I'm sooooooooooooooooooooooooo damn happy. And yeah it's strange, these guys are my favorite band, but each time they release a record it takes like a month for it to grow on me. Departure Songs was last when it came out too, same with Chasing After Shadows
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