Press
Praise for "Tried To Do's" by Trippers & Askers
"Jay Hammond's second album as Trippers & Askers turns acute personal grief into
something generous, finespun, and ultimately transformative."
-KLOF Mag
"To say that it lingers in the soul is an understatement."
-Old Grey Cat
"..my goodness, those harmonies are gorgeous"
-Will Hermes substack (Pitchfork, New York Times)
Praise for "Fiery Gizzard" by Joseph Decosimo (Jay Hammond, guitar)
“pushing the sonic boundaries of old-time music ... gorgeous”
-Amelia Mason, NPR Music All Songs Considered
“an exceptional album”
-NPR Music
Praise for Inter Personal, by Andy Stack and Jay Hammond
"Stack and Hammond...struck gold with a series of electro-acoustic duo improvisations that they winnowed down and title Inter Personal a nod to the connection that they deepened by making this music together"
-Talkhouse Podcast
"...glitchy synths, skittering drums, and angular guitar swirl and circle each other, twisting themselves into giddy knots. These patterns shift restlessly, evoking the exhausting ecstasy of infatuation, but the instruments are never less than utterly in sync."
-INDY Week
Praise for Acorn, by Trippers & Askers
"Hammond’s melodies are at once well-worn and unusual, and the arrangements burst with color."
- INDY Week
"Jay Hammond's Trippers & Askers collective has created something groundbreaking and completely unexpected...Acorn contains the group’s finest recording and songwriting to date."
- KLOF Magazine
"Led by a Georgetown professor, this US collective impress with a subtle, ambient debut inspired by Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower"
-The Guardian
"Jay Hammond's second album as Trippers & Askers turns acute personal grief into
something generous, finespun, and ultimately transformative."
-KLOF Mag
"To say that it lingers in the soul is an understatement."
-Old Grey Cat
"..my goodness, those harmonies are gorgeous"
-Will Hermes substack (Pitchfork, New York Times)
Praise for "Fiery Gizzard" by Joseph Decosimo (Jay Hammond, guitar)
“pushing the sonic boundaries of old-time music ... gorgeous”
-Amelia Mason, NPR Music All Songs Considered
“an exceptional album”
-NPR Music
Praise for Inter Personal, by Andy Stack and Jay Hammond
"Stack and Hammond...struck gold with a series of electro-acoustic duo improvisations that they winnowed down and title Inter Personal a nod to the connection that they deepened by making this music together"
-Talkhouse Podcast
"...glitchy synths, skittering drums, and angular guitar swirl and circle each other, twisting themselves into giddy knots. These patterns shift restlessly, evoking the exhausting ecstasy of infatuation, but the instruments are never less than utterly in sync."
-INDY Week
Praise for Acorn, by Trippers & Askers
"Hammond’s melodies are at once well-worn and unusual, and the arrangements burst with color."
- INDY Week
"Jay Hammond's Trippers & Askers collective has created something groundbreaking and completely unexpected...Acorn contains the group’s finest recording and songwriting to date."
- KLOF Magazine
"Led by a Georgetown professor, this US collective impress with a subtle, ambient debut inspired by Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower"
-The Guardian
Select Press Links
| Jay Hammond & Andy Stack in The Indy 2019 |
| Trippers & Askers in The Indy 2018 |
| Press Release for Night Cap - Debut Album by Trippers & Askers |
