TRACKLIST

1. Before The Celebration. . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:03  2. The Air Between Us. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:43  3. Through A Glass Darkly. . . . . . . . . . . . . .5:19  4. Blankets Of Night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:59  5. Winter Light. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:12  6. Miles To Go Before Sleep. . . . . . . . . . . . .5:16  7. Wish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5:20  8. Overcast/Sorrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:58  9. Glacial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:46 10. Kenotic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:15 11. Stars In The Rearview Mirror. . . . . . . . . . .7:04 12. You May Emerge From This More Dead Than Alive . .1:13 13. What Heaven Allows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:24 14. The Silence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5:20 15. Dawn Begins To Creep. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:11 16. Rising Tide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:04

When your music is light and airy, you need to make sure it's compelling.This effort is not short of compelling. While Hammock aren't exactly breaking new ground. "Kenotic" rumbles by like a cold draft coming in through a slightly open window, or like a tiny shift in the atmosphere. Each song feels like it's attempting to bring peace to the soul. Hammock has succeeded in crafting a remarkable debut album, both in terms of songwriting and in sonic architecture. It's albums like this one that make me wish I was an artist. I wish I could bring myself write in detail about each song. But in doing so this review would drag on for days.

This isn't really anything we haven't heard from Marc and Andrew in the past. It's really just an extension of the backdrop of alot of what was heard on "The Inbetween Time." Except it's pretty much all instrumental music. But in saying that, you would crazy not to pick this one up and give it a whirl. You won't be sorry.

SPOILER (EAC Log)

CODE Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008 EAC extraction logfile from 4. August 2008, 17:38 Hammock / Kenotic Used drive  : PLEXTOR DVDR  PX-750A  Adapter: 0  ID: 0 Read mode              : Secure Utilize accurate stream : Yes Defeat audio cache      : Yes Make use of C2 pointers : No Read offset correction                      : 102 Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out          : No Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes Delete leading and trailing silent blocks  : No Null samples used in CRC calculations      : Yes Used interface                              : Installed external ASPI interface Gap handling                                : Appended to previous track Used output format              : User Defined Encoder Selected bitrate                : 192 kBit/s Quality                        : High Add ID3 tag                    : No Command line compressor        : C:\Program Files\EAC\Exact Audio Copy\FLAC\flac.exe Additional command line options : -V -8 -T "artist=%a" -T "title=%t" -T "album=%g" -T "date=%y" -T "tracknumber=%n" -T "genre=%m" %s TOC of the extracted CD     Track |  Start  |  Length  | Start sector | End sector     ---------------------------------------------------------         1  |  0:00.00 |  2:03.02 |        0    |    9226          2  |  2:03.02 |  3:43.39 |      9227    |    25990          3  |  5:46.41 |  5:19.55 |    25991    |    49970          4  | 11:06.21 |  7:59.52 |    49971    |    85947          5  | 19:05.73 |  4:12.15 |    85948    |  104862          6  | 23:18.13 |  5:16.20 |    104863    |  128582          7  | 28:34.33 |  5:20.46 |    128583    |  152628          8  | 33:55.04 |  3:58.60 |    152629    |  170538          9  | 37:53.64 |  1:46.10 |    170539    |  178498        10  | 39:39.74 |  4:15.46 |    178499    |  197669        11  | 43:55.45 |  7:03.43 |    197670    |  229437        12  | 50:59.13 |  1:13.31 |    229438    |  234943        13  | 52:12.44 |  4:23.56 |    234944    |  254724        14  | 56:36.25 |  5:20.09 |    254725    |  278733        15  | 61:56.34 |  4:11.42 |    278734    |  297600        16  | 66:08.01 |  4:03.32 |    297601    |  315857  Track  1     Filename E:\FLAC\Hammock - Kenotic\01 - Before The Celebration.wav     Pre-gap length  0:00:02.00     Peak level 99.9 %     Track quality 100.0 %     Test CRC 4497C0AE     Copy CRC 4497C0AE     Accurately ripped (confidence 2)  [4B7410E8]     Copy OK Track  2     Filename E:\FLAC\Hammock - Kenotic\02 - The Air Between Us.wav     Peak level 99.8 %     Track quality 100.0 %     Test CRC F58EE0D5     Copy CRC F58EE0D5     Accurately ripped (confidence 2)  [C863DF74]     Copy OK Track  3     Filename E:\FLAC\Hammock - Kenotic\03 - Through A Glass Darkly.wav     Peak level 99.9 %     Track quality 100.0 %     Test CRC 39C1953A     Copy CRC 39C1953A     Accurately ripped (confidence 2)  [1BE9C30A]     Copy OK Track  4     Filename E:\FLAC\Hammock - Kenotic\04 - Blankets Of Night.wav     Peak level 98.4 %     Track quality 100.0 %     Test CRC 1582685C     Copy CRC 1582685C     Accurately ripped (confidence 2)  [AD826B46]     Copy OK Track  5     Filename E:\FLAC\Hammock - Kenotic\05 - Winter Light.wav     Peak level 99.9 %     Track quality 100.0 %     Test CRC 541C6DFA     Copy CRC 541C6DFA     Accurately ripped (confidence 2)  [5C3F34B7]     Copy OK Track  6     Filename E:\FLAC\Hammock - Kenotic\06 - Miles To Go Before Sleep.wav     Peak level 99.9 %     Track quality 100.0 %     Test CRC 86C053DD     Copy CRC 86C053DD     Accurately ripped (confidence 2)  [B24F4F18]     Copy OK Track  7     Filename E:\FLAC\Hammock - Kenotic\07 - Wish.wav     Peak level 99.9 %     Track quality 100.0 %     Test CRC 92F538D7     Copy CRC 92F538D7     Accurately ripped (confidence 2)  [F1B42E5B]     Copy OK Track  8     Filename E:\FLAC\Hammock - Kenotic\08 - Overcast Sorrow.wav     Peak level 99.9 %     Track quality 100.0 %     Test CRC F3A2CF17     Copy CRC F3A2CF17     Accurately ripped (confidence 2)  [7457A43B]     Copy OK Track  9     Filename E:\FLAC\Hammock - Kenotic\09 - Glacial.wav     Peak level 99.9 %     Track quality 100.0 %     Test CRC 0A478165     Copy CRC 0A478165     Accurately ripped (confidence 2)  [B19B3D4D]     Copy OK Track 10     Filename E:\FLAC\Hammock - Kenotic\10 - Kenotic.wav     Peak level 99.9 %     Track quality 100.0 %     Test CRC 8876B007     Copy CRC 8876B007     Accurately ripped (confidence 2)  [D16B03DA]     Copy OK Track 11     Filename E:\FLAC\Hammock - Kenotic\11 - Stars In The Rearview Mirror.wav     Peak level 99.9 %     Track quality 100.0 %     Test CRC 325D48C8     Copy CRC 325D48C8     Accurately ripped (confidence 2)  [0AEE2F06]     Copy OK Track 12     Filename E:\FLAC\Hammock - Kenotic\12 - You May Emerge From This More Dead Than Alive.wav     Peak level 99.9 %     Track quality 100.0 %     Test CRC F12A190A     Copy CRC F12A190A     Accurately ripped (confidence 2)  [1C580A18]     Copy OK Track 13     Filename E:\FLAC\Hammock - Kenotic\13 - What Heaven Allows.wav     Peak level 99.9 %     Track quality 100.0 %     Test CRC 229EBA3F     Copy CRC 229EBA3F     Accurately ripped (confidence 2)  [90DB0CB8]     Copy OK Track 14     Filename E:\FLAC\Hammock - Kenotic\14 - The Silence.wav     Peak level 99.9 %     Track quality 99.9 %     Test CRC 75FB994D     Copy CRC 75FB994D     Accurately ripped (confidence 2)  [A43449EF]     Copy OK Track 15     Filename E:\FLAC\Hammock - Kenotic\15 - Dawn Begins To Creep.wav     Peak level 99.9 %     Track quality 100.0 %     Test CRC 92D39762     Copy CRC 92D39762     Accurately ripped (confidence 2)  [B009AB5B]     Copy OK Track 16     Filename E:\FLAC\Hammock - Kenotic\16 - Rising Tide.wav     Peak level 99.9 %     Track quality 99.9 %     Test CRC 2316832C     Copy CRC 2316832C     Accurately ripped (confidence 2)  [C100ECED]     Copy OK All tracks accurately ripped No errors occurred End of status report

SPOILER (AccurateRip)

CODE [Verification date: 24/04/2009 3.17.01] [Disc ID: 00296e54-01f24c3c-dc107310] Track [ CRC    ] Status 01 [4b7410e8] (04/04) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #1 02 [c863df74] (04/04) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #1 03 [1be9c30a] (04/04) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #1 04 [ad826b46] (04/04) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #1 05 [5c3f34b7] (04/04) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #1 06 [b24f4f18] (04/04) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #1 07 [f1b42e5b] (04/04) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #1 08 [7457a43b] (04/04) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #1 09 [b19b3d4d] (04/04) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #1 10 [d16b03da] (04/04) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #1 11 [0aee2f06] (04/04) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #1 12 [1c580a18] (04/04) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #1 13 [90db0cb8] (04/04) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #1 14 [a43449ef] (04/04) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #1 15 [b009ab5b] (04/04) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #1 16 [c100eced] (04/04) Accurately ripped as in pressing(s) #1 Track [ CRC32  ] [W/O NULL] [  LOG  ] -- [B71D8D72] [1A3228E4] 01 [4497C0AE] [0A3C6404]   CRC32  02 [F58EE0D5] [BAB82B9A]   CRC32  03 [39C1953A] [B70E3EA7]   CRC32  04 [1582685C] [7C967F89]   CRC32  05 [541C6DFA] [EF8039CD]   CRC32  06 [86C053DD] [1B48A574]   CRC32  07 [92F538D7] [843F3537]   CRC32  08 [F3A2CF17] [01935F32]   CRC32  09 [0A478165] [B49F97F0]   CRC32  10 [8876B007] [624FC507]   CRC32  11 [325D48C8] [201023A7]   CRC32  12 [F12A190A] [52253FE4]   CRC32  13 [229EBA3F] [6263A236]   CRC32  14 [75FB994D] [81500500]   CRC32  15 [92D39762] [3A71BC89]   CRC32  16 [2316832C] [0FAFD317]   CRC32