New Hammock Collaboration Announced

Ambient composition duo Hammock has announced a new collaborative project with Delaware singer/songwriter Matthew Ryan under the name The Summer Kills. Additionally, the group released the first single, "Collide," from their upcoming album, Last Night We Became Swans. The album will be out this spring. The Summer Kills is intended to be "a study in contrasts" and mixes the grandiose and spacious ambient textures of Hammock with the intimate vocals and songwriting of Ryan. The album is mixed by Peter Katis, who has worked on the last several Hammock albums and has produced/mixed records by Japandroids, The National, and Interpol (including Turn on the Bright Lights). Hammock released a four-track EP last month, and the incredible Mysterium in 2017. Matthew Ryan released his twelfth album in 2016, the Brian Fallon-produced Hustle Up Starlings. The trio collaborated previously in 2011 for the "Like New Year's Day" single, which will appear on the new album. Last Night We Became Swans has been in the works for seven years. Watch the lyric video for "Collide" and check out the album's tracklist below.

Last Night We Became Swans

1. Are You Awake?

2. Stop

3. Collide

4. Summer Kills

5. There Is No Tomorrow

6. Like New Year's Day

7. Last Night We Became Swans

8. Don't Go Away

9. From a Hill in the Dark in the South

10. Challenger vs. Stars

11. November 

Last Night We Became Swans will be out April 27, 2018 via Hammock Music Label.