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Meek Warrior
Released: 2006 7 tracks
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So I've got a co-worker who has fairly similar musical tastes with me - I think I veer out into the harder end of the spectrum farther than he does, but we share a lot of good music between us. Co-worker was kind enough to share with me a disc of some stuff one of his friends put together for him, and man there's some REALLY good stuff on here - Akron/Family being the stuff that's sticking best today. Akron/Family has a very simple and chill, yet lush folk vibe going on... MORE
Cool video, cool song, cool band. 'nuff said.
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Last year, Akron/Family almost landed two albums in my top ten, their self-titled debut and the rougher, more exuberant split with Michael Gira's Angels of Light. It didn't seem fair, and anyway, I was having a lot of trouble reducing my list to ten, so very late in the year, I just switched the split with the debut, which had been holding down #2 all year to that point. This is not really very interesting, but the point is that Akron/Family is a really exciting, challen... MORE
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I'm listening to the new Akron/Family, Meek Warrior which is out on Young God next week, and it's fantastic. The first cut, "Blessing Force" is a nine-plus minute free-jazz leaning freakout, which has a lot of fans' panties in a bunch, but look, they've always liked the improv, it's in the self-titled too and what is "Raising the Sparks" but an extended riff? Anyway, I noticed that MOG has slyly replaced all the new song titles but "Blessing Force" with the softer, more... MORE
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AKRON/FAMILY is a ground-breaking band and we urge you to scrutinze their rainbow mountain rock right away. "Meek Warrior" is their latest LP, and it features contributions from free jazz legend Hamid Drake, Griffin Rodriguez (Bablicon), Jason LaFarge (Pineal Ventana, Sikhara) and members of Broken Social Scene and Do Make Say Think. This album is insane. It's a lot harder than their self-titled 2005 debut, but it's also a lot tighter. While their first album had a sort ... MORE
