Hammock Striving for the Transcendent: The Echoes Interview
The ambient guitar duo Hammock have become darlings of both the post-rock and ambient scenes. Yet, although they may attract a hipster audience, their music is imbued with Marc Byrd and Andrew Thompson’s evangelical upbringing and their subsequent rejection of much of that doctrine. It informs much of their new album, The Second Coming was a Moonrise.
Hammock’s Marc Byrd: In one Christian school that I grew up in, Wednesdays, we wore a pin-on tie with an eagle, an American flag, and a Bible printed on it. So I got a good dose of Christian nationalism too. I got suspended from that school several times.
That’s Marc Byrd of Hammock. I talk to them today about an album inspired by an acid trip, religion, politics and a love of sonic landscapes on Echoes.
The Second Coming was a Moonrise is Echoes June CD of the Month. Read John Diliberto’s review.
| Start Time | Artist | Song Title | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| Program 26-25A | |||
| First Half Hour | |||
| 0:01:01 | Hammock | We Close Our Eyes So We Can See | The Second Coming Was a Moonrise |
| 0:05:59 | David Helpling and Scott Reich | Shadows Stars and Dreams | Through the Thought Horizon |
| 0:11:04 | Eartheater | Crown Jewel | Crown Heavenly Body: If I’m the BottleYou’re the Message |
| 0:15:02 | Tori Amos | St. Teresa | In Times of Dragons |
| 0:21:10 | Michael Whalen | Out of Body | Standing Near Infinity |
| 0:29:30 | Feldman & Tiley | Kind (excerpt) | Protomensch |
| Second Half Hour | |||
| 0:30:00 | Interview: Hammock | ||
| 0:47:20 | Hammock | Sadness | The Second Coming Was a Moonrise |
| 0:51:37 | Hammock | The Second Coming Was a Moonrise | The Second Coming Was a Moonrise |
| 0:59:00 | Marcelo Zarvos | Two Birds (excerpt) | Ray Donovan |
| Third Half Hour | |||
| 1:01:00 | Hollan Holmes | Moebius Trip | The Sanctity of Rust |
| 1:06:00 | Unwed Sailor | Cinnamon | High Remembrance |
| 1:09:23 | Arlo Parks | Heaven | Ambiguous Desire |
| 1:13:39 | Tangerine Dream | Love on a Real Train 2026 | Night Trains & Cityscapes |
| 1:22:28 | Tom Caufield | Chamber Wolf | Quiet Modern |
| 1:29:30 | Lisa Bella Donna | Future Moves (excerpt) | Counterpoint |
| Fourth Half Hour | |||
| 1:30:00 | KARYYN | Mind Over Heart | Physic Love Universal Language (PULL) |
| 1:34:11 | Bluetech | On the Cusp of Dissolution | Petite Constellations |
| 1:37:39 | Kinobe | Star Crossed | Open Your Mind |
| 1:41:48 | break | ||
| 1:42:22 | Shelby Natasha | It Was Mine | It Was Mine |
| 1:46:27 | Boards of Canada | Arena Americanada | Inferno |
| 1:50:22 | Aukai + Vraell | Far | Meld |
| 1:53:51 | Marconi Union | Multiform III | Multiform: Ambient Transmissions Vol.3 |
The harp is often thought of as a heavenly instrument plucked by angels. And gothic voices have certainly called to the heavens. Those are attributes that harpist Mary Lattimore and singer and electronic musician Julianna Barwick attain on their album, Tragic Magic. Mary Lattimore isn’t your typical classical harpist. She channels her instrument though a looping device and can be heard in numerous, often avant-garde situations where hell is right next to heaven. Julianna Barwick has been creating looping choirs and ambient synth sounds for years now. The two have been playing together for a while now and it all comes together on their debut album as a duo. Tragic Magic was recorded at the Musée de la Musique of the Philharmonie de Paris using antique harps dating to the 18th century and synthesizers dating back to the 1970s along with the voice of Barwick, dating to transcendent. We talk to them on Echoes.
| Start Time | Artist | Song Title | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Half Hour | |||
| 0:01:00 | Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore | Perpetual Adoration | Tragic Magic |
| 0:06:00 | Morcheeba | Escape the Chaos | Escape the Chaos |
| 0:11:20 | David Moore | Will We Be There | Graze the Bell |
| 0:16:21 | Kristin Hoffmann | Release Me Reveal Me | RainShine |
| 0:24:21 | Jake Shimabukuro | Beneath the Waves Part 1 (with nature) | Calm Seas |
| 0:29:30 | Feldman & Tiley | Kind (excerpt) | Protomensch |
| Second Half Hour | |||
| 0:30:00 | Interview: Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore | ||
| 0:44:24 | Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore | Melted Moon | Tragic Magic |
| 0:52:35 | Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore | Rachel’s Song | Tragic Magic |
| 0:59:00 | Immersion | Change of Use (excerpt) | WTF??? |
| Third Half Hour | |||
| 1:01:00 | Twilight Archive | Somewhere Street | Dusk Line |
| 1:06:00 | Moby | Retreat | Future Quiet |
| 1:12:28 | Madison George | Point of View (feat. Maci Jackson) | Macrocosm |
| 1:16:00 | Falling You | Constellations | Metanoia |
| 1:22:33 | Craig Padilla & Marvin Allen | Sun Portal | Unfolding Skies |
| 1:29:30 | Lisa BellaDonna | Future Moves (excerpt) | Counterpoints |
| Fourth Half Hour | |||
| 1:30:00 | Steve Horner & Fiona Joy Hawkins | Quickening | (Single) |
| 1:33:02 | Twin Shadow | Real Enough | Cadet |
| 1:40:14 | Near The Parenthesis | FourFour | Relative Minor |
| 1:44:27 | break | ||
| 1:45:04 | Rebecca Foon | Flood of Eternity | Black Butterflies |
| 1:48:52 | Jake Shimabukuro | The Passing Storm | Calm Seas |