Sonic Level: Hammock - Blankets of Night

Out there, we have two musicians, who ultimately mixed post-rock guitars, mellow ambience and infinite space of downtempo inspirations. What's more striking, they've never gave us poor record, despite five years of high-speed activity. Is it unrecognized genius of Marc Byrd and Andrew Thompson that allowed that, or maybe a synergy effect behind their composing collaboration? I really have trouble with choosing either option; in fact I'd rather pick both of them.

Hammock is a real deal. It's a band, which Jón Birgisson likes. It's a band, which has been opening concert of Riceboy Sleeps - probably one of the most intersting co-production in the whole genre. Actually, Hammock could be also called this way: sometimes these guys lose some balance between post-rock and ambient, but when they keep it, it's like gazing on clear night sky from horizontal perspective of your own... hammock.

As I said, it's been only five years since they started playing, but the album 'Kenotic' feels like it always existed, yet was somehow hidden from my ears. In fact, I used to misjudge the latter songs on this CD, finding them poor in comparison to the first ones. But frankly, which song wouldn't sound 'poor', listened after this one?

Hammock - Blankets of Night