Akron/Family

Akron/Family | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 22, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Young God Records
• ASIN: B0007R8FYE
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #224,865 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Debut album from the eclectic group, released in 2005 on Young God Records.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing experimental folk record, April 25, 2005

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Lucid (California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Akron/Family (Audio CD)

I can't recommend this album enough. This album has alot of beautiful folk music mixed in with experimental noise and melodies. A friend told me about this album, and at first I thought it was ok, but it's definately a grower. Now I can't get enough of it.

I'm not great at explaining individual songs, so I'll just recommend some songs to get a good idea of their sound. Try these first:

Running, returning (a beautiful epic song)
Italy
Shoes
Franny/You're Human
Hidden Track
Before and Again
I'll be on the water

The only songs on this record that I don't like too much are Suchness and Part of Corey. They're still good songs, just not as stellar as the rest of the tracks. And I can't say I like the burst of white noise in the beginning of one of those songs.

I'd give this album a 4 and 1/2, but since there's no 4 and 1/2 rating, I'll give it a 5. The good far outweighs the bad in my opinion. If you're looking for something new, and you are a fan of experimental folk music, I'd say you should definately give it a shot.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars melancholic lilt, December 15, 2005

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openingfield (all banality, UPstate) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Akron/Family (Audio CD)

forget the freak folk descriptions, or the need to classify them as dark bluegrass. akron/family are simply strong musicians--pure & simple--no matter whether they are playing toy instruments, televisions, change machines, kazoos, or guitars. this album: great, melancholic lilt that is oddly hopeful & sweet. in the dead of winter, curl up in bed with it as you used to do with this mortal coil. (as for the reviewer who complains about them not getting on with their songs, clearly that person should stick to top 40 b/c he doesn't understand the value of static, noise, humming, and silence: all integral to real av-g composition. see: the tmc comparison above.) akron/family also have a great home recording disc they were selling at their shows in the states last summer: track it down through them: it is a wonderful miscellany. & go out of your way to see them live: they are powerhouses, perched on chairs. cd holds together as a whole (& should be listened to as such), but the tracks that make this album worth the purchase alone: "sorrow boy"; "i'll be on the water"; and "franny/you're human"...

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Unfolky Folk, September 16, 2005

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J. G. H "gjg" (Denver, CO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Akron/Family (Audio CD)

Everyone seems to compare these guys with Devandra Banhart or Angels of Light cause of the label their on but I see them in a totally different light.

These guys are "out there" like many Young God artists yet they are way more melodic. I hear Grandaddy and Radiohead influences more than anything folky. Its just they are more organic than the two bands I mentioned.

Who doesn't want to hear "I'll be on the Water" sitting on a beach somewhere smokin a *****. Granted some of songs don't go anywhere, there is somthing hidden underneath each song which grabs you. Definitely one of the best releases of '05.