Gatefold Opaque Hellfire Colour LP, printed two-sided Eurosleeves, four art prints, and download code.Breaking from the strange monotony and abnormal norms thattookhold during two years of pandemic life, Hammock returns withLovein the Void, an album that looks to the future, seizes the present, andunabashedly relishes the experiences and bonds that bring meaningto our days. Known for crafting orchestral works of stirring cinematicambience, onLove in the Voidthe Nashville-based duo of Marc Byrdand Andrew Thompson bring guitar-forward, heart-pounding urgency tosongs that shout through and shatter the static of complacency.Since forming as Hammock in 2003, Byrd and Thompson havereleased 14 critically-acclaimed albums, and are renowned for theirunique talent for bringing inexpressible emotion to life. TheCovid-19 pandemic followed closely after one of Hammock'scareer-definingworks,theMysterium, Universalis,andSilenciatrilogy that chronicled the incomprehensible loss of Byrd's 20-year-old nephew. At their homes and apart, Byrd and Thompson thenrecordedElsewhere,an album of shimmering ambience thatchanneled alienated longing and displacement into avenues thatgave way to worlds and possibilities yet realized.Shaken awake and needing to break free of frustrations andlongings,Love in the Voidpulses with an unbridled spirit foraction and experience and a burning desire for connection. Across songsthat hammer home the keenly felt emotions of life's highs and lows,Byrd and Thompson crest soaring crescendos awash in reverb and delvetokeenlyfeltmomentsofquietintrospection,withunflinchinglyricsontracks like "Undoing" and "Denial of Endings'' that weigh choices madeand circumstances that can't be changed. Lush and dramatic stringorchestration from Matt Kidd (Slow Meadow) and emphatic drummingfrom Jake Finch heighten the stakes in play, and Christine Byrd's(Lumenette) ethereal vocals leave mysteries lingering in the...
