''Longest Year'' is the fourth EP by American
ambient
Ambient or Ambiance or Ambience may refer to:
Music and sound
* Ambience (sound recording), also known as atmospheres or backgrounds
* Ambient music, a genre of music that puts an emphasis on tone and atmosphere
* ''Ambient'' (album), by Moby
* ...
band
Hammock. It was released on December 14, 2010 by the band's own label,
Hammock Music
Hammock Music, based in Nashville, Tennessee, is the label imprint owned and operated by the band Hammock. The label is distributed by Secretly Distribution. In 2015, Hammock Music signed Slow Meadow, an ambient music project by Matt Kidd, t ...
.
Reception
''Longest Year'' met with positive critical reception. Heather Phares of
Allmusic noted that "''Longest Year'' marks a distinct departure from ''
Chasing After Shadows... Living with the Ghosts'' more structured, percussive tracks; these reveries float and glide all the more majestically for their almost complete lack of beats... The Longest Year's beauty is undeniable."
Ryan Burleson, writing for ''Consequence of Sound'', noted that the album "transmits more hope and transcendence than any amount of darkness gleaned from the title."
Track listing
References
External links
''Longest Year''available for streaming at the official Hammock website
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Hammock (band) albums
Hammock Music albums
2010 albums