Top tracks — play these first
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My Mind Was a Fog… My Heart Became a Bomb — This opening track encapsulates the album's themes of confusion and emotional turmoil, using layered guitar textures that evoke a sense of weightlessness.
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Holding Your Absence — In this piece, the interplay between soft piano and atmospheric drones creates a poignant reflection on loss and longing, embodying the album's core emotional struggles.
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Hope Becomes a Loss — Closing with an expansive soundscape that gradually fades, this track poignantly illustrates the transition from hope to despair, leaving listeners in contemplative silence.
Elevation
Our rating, out of 100 — and why.
AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.
The album's ethereal soundscapes and layered compositions create a deeply immersive experience, rewarding repeated listens.
What we noticed
- The album features long, atmospheric tracks that often exceed six minutes, allowing for gradual development of themes and textures.
- Each track employs layered instrumentation, with guitars and synths creating a dense soundscape that evolves slowly over time.
- Composition 25% of the score
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7/10
- Craft 20% of the score
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8/10
- Durability 25% of the score
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8/10
- Distinctiveness 18% of the score
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7/10
- Sequencing 12% of the score
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9/10
the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics
production, performance, arrangement
whether it rewards returning to it
whether it sounds like itself
running order, pacing, length
Known within its scene. Reported but not counted — how far a record travelled describes its reception rather than the record, and a newer release has had less time to travel than an older one.
Is this for you?
Good fit if you like
- immersive soundscapes for introspection
- long, reflective listening sessions
- gentle unfolding emotional depth
- evocative melodies for solitude
Maybe skip if you
- seeking upbeat, energetic tracks
- prefer short, standalone songs
Where this album fits
- Career context
- By the time Hammock released Oblivion Hymns in January 2013, they were well into their career, having established a reputation for lush instrumental music since their debut in 2005. This album marked a continuation of their exploration into atmospheric sound, following their previous record, Departure Songs, which had solidified their status within the post-rock genre.
- Stylistic neighbors
- Explosions in the Sky· Godspeed You! Black Emperor· Sigur Rós
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
- 1 My Mind Was a Fog… My Heart Became a Bomb 5:23
- 2 Then the Quiet Explosion 6:43
- 3 Turning Into Tiny Particles… Floating Through Empty Space 4:02
- 4 Like a Valley with No Echo 8:10
- 5 Holding Your Absence 5:42
- 6 Shored Against the Ruins… Drowning in Ten Directions 3:43
- 7 I Could Hear the Water at the Edge of All Things 5:40
- 8 In the Middle of This Nowhere 5:33
- 9 Hope Becomes a Loss 8:45
- 10 Tres Dominé 3:07
Reference: Wikipedia · MusicBrainz · Wikidata
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