Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow

Imagine if an audio tape, unraveled and stretched out in the breeze, could capture the sound of its own undulations. That's what the perfectly named Hammock sound like.

In August of 2007, Hammock were invited to play their first ever live gig at an art show after-party to be attended by Sigur Rós' Jon Thor Birgisson, a big influence on the band.

A bird chirps outside the window, someone coughs in the next room, an ambulance blares far off in the distance: usually these sounds would interrupt the...