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Akron/Family

Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free

Brooklyn alt.folk outfit led by Michael Gira, mixing acoustic and prog

ADM rating[?]

6.8

Label
Dead Oceans
UK Release date
15/02/2009
  1. 9.0 |   PopMatters

    While Akron/Family might be at their peak right now, there’s no doubt that there’s nothing circumscribed about what might come next.
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  2. 8.0 |   The Quietus

    Its pace and volume jump between giddy extremes, sometimes in the space of a single song. Like watching a bucking bronco, it's exhausting but invigorating.
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  3. 7.0 |   Blender

    A streak of joyful African funk, with sputtery rhythms and guitar curlicues.
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  4. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    For anyone (or everyone?) baffled by Animal Collective’s dive into electronica, or finding Fleet Foxes too mannered, this is one way of getting back to nature that certainly isn’t a weekend retreat.
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  5. 7.0 |   Spin

    They expand their primarily folky sound, importing rhythms from abroad and morphing electronic ticks and stutters
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  6. 7.0 |   NME

    Fans of Animal Collective will be familiar with the expressive freak-out moments here, but Akron/Family are secretly far more at home nestled somewhere between Fleet Foxes and Led Zep in your collection.
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  7. 6.4 |   Pitchfork

    For all of their idiosyncrasies and Zeus-ian chest baring, the differences between Akron and everyrocker troupes like Arcade Fire or Broken Social Scene aren't always so large.
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  8. 5.0 |   The Observer

    An odd and not entirely convincing experiment, but those looking to explore beyond the anodyne harmonies of Fleet Foxes may well have found their grail.
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