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==Release and promotion==

''Chasing After Shadows... Living with the Ghosts'' was released on May 18, 2010 in the US and June 14, 2010 in the UK.<ref name = popmatters /> The band made outtakes from the album available online.<ref name = outtakes >{{cite web | url = http://hammockmusic.com/chasing | title = Hammock <nowiki>|</nowiki> Music > Chasing After Shadows... Living with the Ghosts and Outtakes (2010) | work = [[Hammock Music]] | accessdate = 2011-04-29 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511152853/http://hammockmusic.com:80/chasing |archivedate=2011-05-11 |df= }}</ref> A limited edition of the album, featuring a photobook and four-track EP titled ''[[North West East South]]'', was also released.<ref name = nesw >{{cite web | url = http://hammockmusic.com/nwes | title = Hammock <nowiki>|</nowiki> Music > North West East South (2010) | work = [[Hammock Music]] | accessdate = 2011-04-29 }}</ref> The album's title described "only seeing the shadow of things and not their reality".<ref name = apunk /> "Living with the Ghosts" symbolizes the idea of living with memories or losses.<ref name = silent /> The band stated that the use of ellipsis "both continues and separates a thought."<ref name = apunk />

Hammock collaborator Thomas Petillo created the album's artwork while travelling through the Deep South with Byrd and Thompson. The figures floating in water were photographed at [[Hot Springs, Arkansas]]. Some described the cover as "morbid";<ref name = silent /> however, Petillo intended the cover to represent rebirth.<ref name = the405 >{{cite web | last = Lopez | first = Samuel Valdes | url = http://thefourohfive.com/articles/3993 | title = Hammock // The 405 Interview | work = The 405 | date = 2010-09-29 | accessdate = 2010-12-29 }}</ref> A music video for the song "Breathturn" was made by David Altobelli. Altobelli chose "Breathturn" from one of several songs sent to him by Byrd and Thompson. He then sent a treatment for the track to Byrd and Thompson, who "loved it",<ref name = silent /> noting that the final video did not differ significantly from the initial draft.<ref name = silent />

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==External links==

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110511152853/http://hammockmusic.com:80/chasing ''Chasing After Shadows... Living with the Ghosts''] and its outtakes available for streaming at the official Hammock website

[[Category:Hammock (band) albums]]