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Akron/Family II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT

Akron/Family

Akron/Family II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT

Latest album of pastoral lo-fi indie from the Portland group

ADM rating[?]

7.7

Label
Dead Oceans
UK Release date
08/02/2011
  1. 9.0 |   No Ripcord

    A finely crafted patchwork of ideas that constantly keeps the listener guessing
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  2. 9.0 |   BBC

    Akron/Family's dynamic range is one of the more clearly and effectively deployed in modern rock music
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  3. 9.0 |   DIY

    They’ve not lost their world music, folk and psyche feel, but in place of their heaviness, they’ve embraced tradition and psychadelia
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  4. 8.0 |   The Quietus

    For all the dizzying experimentation and hybridisation on show, sometimes the album works best when things are kept simple
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  5. 8.0 |   The AU Review

    A beautiful journey into sound
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  6. 8.0 |   Uncut

    A dizzying positivity is the constant in this adventure in fractal sonics. Print edition only

  7. 8.0 |   Bowlegs

    Bewildering rock and cosmic roll
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  8. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    A joyous listen and one that keeps revealing more and more with every cosmic spin
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  9. 8.0 |   The Digital Fix

    Akron/Family seem to have grown into an altogether more magical beast that progresses and morphs with each subsequent album. Long may the magic continue!
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  10. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    [A] whimsy-filled journey through life
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  11. 8.0 |   AU Review

    Forget Jesus! You need Akron/Family in your life. This is their Astral Weeks
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  12. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Fusion of bucolic folk, sun-soaked pop, nature sounds and joyful freak-out rock. Print edition only

  13. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    It’s one of the group’s strongest offerings yet
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  14. 7.9 |   Pitchfork

    Organic and jubilant, it successfully weaves psych, world, rock, and folk traditions into something new and endlessly compelling
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  15. 7.5 |   A.V. Club

    As always, Akron/Family is fascinated with many genres and never entirely loyal to any
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  16. 7.0 |   Prefix

    Akron/Family makes a noise that's going to reach you no matter where it is they've run off to
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  17. 7.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Truly does function as a rebirth, a re-debut of a band that blatantly refuses to contain their creativity and innovation
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  18. 7.0 |   Rave Magazine

    There are some strong individual tracks here, but the pacing and sequencing of the album undermine them
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  19. 7.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    The songs are shorter and less prone to the abrupt emotional highs and lows that have made their live show famous
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  20. 7.0 |   BBC

    The band is to be treasured for what they bring to music – nature, construction and soundworlds that one can be effortlessly immersed in
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  21. 6.0 |   Under The Radar

    A stylistic trainwreck of the most giddy and heartwarming order
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  22. 6.0 |   Q

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