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Akron / Family Discography of CDs
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| | Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free CD (2009)
 $12.59 
Most reviews for SET `EM WILD steer clear of stock comparisons, and rightfully so. Akron/Family's first record for Dead Oceans is a wildly versatile affair, led by Seth Olinksy's lucid guitar playing and an increasingly tribal percussive backbone, both of
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| Akron/Family CD (2005)
$11.59 
Discovered, signed, and produced by Swans' Michael Gira (who also mentored Devendra Banhart), this Brooklyn-based foursome has released one weird stunner of a post-folk album. Acoustic guitars back lead vocalist Ryan Vanderhoof as he explores the nature of perception in
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| Love Is Simple CD (2007) With DVD
$13.29 
The beauty of Akron/Family's sound is their ability to jump between disparate styles at a moment's notice, and sometimes to combine them all into one. Nowhere is this more apparent than on the New York-based band's third album (not counting
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| Meek Warrior CD (2006)
$8.89
The eccentric Brooklyn folk collective Akron/Family's second album is an often baffling mix of ecstatic chants, groovy instrumental histrionics,
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| Akron/Family & Angels Of Light CD (2005)
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| Akron/Family Vinyl LP (2005)
 $18.15 |
| Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free Vinyl LP (2009)
$15.39 |
| Love Is Simple Vinyl LP (2007)
$17.85 |
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| River Vinyl LP (2009)
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Alternate spellings: CD discography of songs by band, discographie, dicography, discology, disography, discografie, discogrophy, diskography.
 Akron / Family Songs
Popular or famous Akron / Family music songs: Afford, Before and Again, Franny/You're Human, Hidden Track, How Do I Know, I'll Be on the Water. More music songs Interlude: AK AK Was the Boat They Sailed in On, Italy, Lumen, Part of Corey, Running, Returning, Shoes, Sorrow Boy, Suchness, Everyone Is Guilty, Blessing Force. More music songs Gone Beyond, Lightning Bolt of Compassion, Love and Space.
Akron / Family Biography
Based on surface signifiers and the band's laid-back, improvisational approach to songs, the casual observer might semi-accurately file Akron/Family under "freak folk," but the Brooklyn ensemble also has a grander sensibility--fusing acoustic guitars, electronica, multiple-part harmonies, and lilting, surprisingly poppy choruses that recall an even trippier PET SOUNDS. Further, the band's live shows are energetic three-ring psychedelic circuses, belying any accusation of hippie lassitude. Signed to Michael Gira's Young God label since 2005, the prolific musicians have also self-released live albums, solo projects, and alternate versions of their songs.
Worked With
Mi & L'au
Contemporaries
Animal Collective, Devendra Banhart, Deerhoof, Grizzly Bear, Castanets, Wooden Wand & the Vanishing Voice, Panda Bear, Brightblack Morning Light, The Sunburned Hand of the Man, Langhorne Slim, The Earlies, Tyler Ramsey, The White Foliage
Influences
The Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, The Band, Captain Beefheart, The Incredible String Band, Syd Barrett, Brian Wilson (Pop), Spiritualized, Swans, Caravan, Sparklehorse, Grandaddy, Lisa Germano, No-Neck Blues Band, John's Children
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