Hammok hail from Oslo, where they kick up a brisk and invigorating racket that reminds me of Euro post-hardcore acts like Refused and Birds In Row, or even those old Queens Of The Stone Age tracks with Nick Oliveri on lead vocals. They've signed to Sargent House for new album When Does This Place Become Our Scene, due out in June, and its exhilarating lead single is out today. As the album opener and pseudo title track, "The Scene" works as a mini-manifesto for Hammok's whole deal, both sonically and lyrically. It's an urgent and explosive rock track in search of a movement.
Vocalist Tobias Osland explains that the song came together while Hammok were touring across Europe:
Everything was sort of a natural response to how good the tour was going, and all the people we had met up to that point. I wanted to capture and directly address the situation we were in - meeting people for the first time who give a shit about their community and the music around them.
Director Christoffer Bya accentuates the song's energy level with his music video, which you can watch below.
TRACKLIST:
01 "The Scene"
02 "Semi-Automatic Machines"
03 "Blast Off (Blast Off) Blast Off"
04 "Gooning For Free"
05 "BANG"
06 "Groundbreaker"
07 "Tap Water"
08 "CND"
09 "Thirst"
10 "When The Kids Are Too Old to Cause A Scene"
11 "Confidence Of A Beaten Horse"
12 "For My Friends"
When Does This Place Become Our Scene is out 6/5 on Sargent House. Pre-order it here.
