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Title: Best of 2005: Great to relax and meditate, hypnotizing
Review: If you can imagine of a music gentle enough to swing you into a deep and relaxing sleep, along with the breeze blowing in your face, you can imagine how Hammock's "Kenotic" is. Hammock's production comes in as a blend that borders ambient and post-rock very subtly, almost not wanting to be one or the other. What really matters is that their sound can be as soothing as Tristeza's or The Album Leaf's, and as symbolic and obscure as Sigur Ros' at times. The end result is one of those albums you can listen to over and over again, without noticing the pass of time... like watching the clouds pass by. I've found it to be great to relax and meditate, so it's certainly turned into one of my favorites in 2005 so far.
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