Kenotic is the debut album of the American post-rock

Post-rock

Post-rock is a subgenre of rock music characterized by the influence and use of instruments commonly associated with rock, but using rhythms and "guitars as facilitators of timbre and textures" not traditionally found in rock...

 band Hammock

Hammock (band)

Hammock is an American two-member post-rock band from Nashville, Tennessee. With music created in between production and songwriting projects over the course of two years, Hammock combines live instrumentation, electronic beats, and droning guitar into atmospheric music similar in style to the work...

. It was released in March 2005 by Hammock Music

Hammock Music

Hammock Music, based in Nashville, Tennessee, is the label imprint owned and operated by the band Hammock. The label is distributed in the US by Redeye.-Imprint Releases:* Kenotic * Stranded Under Endless Sky EP...

. Reception of the record was generally positive, and cemented their musical reputation before their Stranded Under Endless Sky EP released later that year.

Kenotic is regarded as a landmark album of the post-rock genre. {unreferenced}

"Through a Glass Darkly", "Winter Light", and "The Silence" are all based on Ingmar Bergman

Ingmar Bergman

Ernst Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish director, writer and producer for film, stage and television. Described by Woody Allen as "probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera", he is recognized as one of the most accomplished and...

 movie titles. The track "You May Emerge From This More Dead Than Alive" comes from the dialog of Winter Light

Winter Light

Winter Light is a 1962 Swedish drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman and starring Bergman regulars Gunnar Björnstrand, Ingrid Thulin and Max von Sydow. The film follows Tomas Ericsson , pastor of a small rural Swedish church, as he deals with existential crisis and his...

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