Chasing After Shadows... Living with the Ghosts
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| Studio album by Hammock | ||||
| Released | May 18, 2010 | |||
| Genre | Ambient, post-rock | |||
| Length | 72:39 | |||
| Label | Hammock Music | |||
| Producer | Marc Byrd and Andrew Thompson | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| BBC | (favorable) |
| Drowned in Sound |   |
| Pitchfork Media | (7.3/10) |
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Chasing After Shadows...Living with the Ghosts is the fifth studio album by American ambient/post-rock band Hammock. It was released on May 18, 2010 by the band's own label, Hammock Music.
In addition to the standard edition, Chasing After Shadows... Living with the Ghosts was released in a limited edition format with a photobook and four-track EP titled North West East South. The album received generally positive reviews. Critics praised the songwriting and production, though some reviewers criticized the album's length.
After releasing the minimalistic Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow in 2008, Hammock wanted to create an album with "a very full atmosphere"\. "It wasn't like an intentional reaction to Maybe rather it felt like a natural progression of what we wanted to do at the time", the band commented. "As an artist, that's the voice you have to follow."
The band described Chasing After Shadows... Living with the Ghosts as "[their] most bombastic record so far",. The band described the album as "more organic".
Byrd and Thompson were inspired by the landscape of the Deep South, where they both grew up, and from "an understanding of the impermanence of life. When we look at this aspect of the human experience straight in the face we have a greater appreciation of life but at the same time we also experience a deep sense of melancholy." They cited atmospheric artists such as Brian Eno, William Basinski, Stars of the Lid, Cocteau Twins, The Church and The Cure as influences, in addition to more cinematic acts, including Sigur Rós, Max Richter, Johann Johannsson and Arvo Pärt.
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