For over 20 years now, the duo of Marc Byrd and Andrew Thompson — better known as Hammock — has been releasing acclaimed ambient music at a pretty steady pace. Along with the numerous albums and EPs in their catalog, they’ve also released a series of songs inspired by the lunar eclipse, often called the blood moon.
“Blood Moon 03.03.26” is the latest of these songs, and it ranks as one of my favorite Hammock works to date. Byrd and Thompson excel at coaxing all manner of effects-laden drones and atmospherica from their instruments, and send it gently unfurling across the listener’s ears in a truly cosmic manner. But the duo aren’t content to just let their drones, well, drone on. They also imbue the song with a real sense of motion and progress that serves to draw the listener in more and more.
In related news, Hammock is currently recording a followup to their 2025 album, Nevertheless.