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Kenotic

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Nashville, a place so often associated with country music, is also proving to be a source of excellent guitar-based ambient music. Hammock, made up of Marc Byrd and Andrew Thompson, are another exponent of dreamily evocative instrumental music; though they are wordless they speak of doomed holiday romances not a million miles away from The Workhouse whose own 'Trading Estate' seems to be a very comfortable bedfellow for 'Kenotic's towering title track. The likes of 'Through A Glass Darkly' teeter on the edge of ecstacy whilst 'The Silence', 'Winter Light' and 'Miles To Go Before Sleep' are like a marriage between Robin Guthrie and early Slowdive. Alternatively, a mood change is apparent on the darker and considerably more urgent-sounding 'Wish'. It's true that there are a few acts making similar music to Hammock at this time but this Tennessee duo carry it off better than most.
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  Track Listing
01 Before The Celebration
02 The Air Between Us
03 Through A Glass Darkly
04 Blankets Of Night
05 Winter Light
06 Miles To Go Before Sleep
07 Wish
08 Overcast/Sorrow
09 Glacial
Standout Track Kenotic
11 Stars In The Rearview Mirror
12 You May Emerge From This More Dead Than Alive
13 What Heaven Allows
14 The Silence
15 Dawn Begins To Creep
16 Rising Tide

Standout Track = Standout Track

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