After the Angels of Light brilliant record We are Him, it looks like Young God records is about to release another contender for this year's best albums.
According to Michael Gira, Akron/Family are _four extremely nice, sincere and well-mannered young men from rural America who came to NYC (in 2002) to make music, hoping to find a thread of real magic still winding through this city’s music scene._
Following last year's Meek Warrior, they will release on September 10th "Love Is Simple" perhaps their most ambitious and yet most instantly infectious release to date.
The striking cover of "Love Is Simple" is a photograph by Robert Clark of a human heart stripped bare of fat and extraneous tissue, down mainly to the blood vessels that sustain it, is a specimen from the famed Mutter Museum in Philadelphia that appeared on the cover of the February 2007 issue of National Geographic Magazine. They fell in love with the image and spent months tracking down the photographer and getting his permission to have it appear as the CD package cover.
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Gira's voice still terribly intrigues me, and I find the music he's creating both with Angels of Light and the Akron/Family quite exciting - am anticipating the 'Love Is Simple' release. 'Striking' cover indeed, and great post!
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This is a really poignant album. Just found some pieces from it over the weekend, including this beautiful track. Thank you!
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The album is growing on me, bit by bit. I will be ready for it when it hits! (Sept. 17, I believe) FYI preordering from Amazon has the special edition (w/DVD) at 16.99, at least in the US.
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Both these songs are so full of an odd sense of wonder. I can't think of anything that sounds even remotely like this music. Thanks so much....
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thanks y'all! It's definitely a grower, I did not know about the special edition w/ DVD, merci pour l'info wassonii!
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Way late here, but I just got the record yesterday and it's completely infected me. Several of the songs are great on first listen, but it's definitely a grower.