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New York's folk/psychedelic quartet Akron/Family debuted with
Akron/Family (Young God, 2005), an album of
soundscape-oriented instrumental background
for warbling surreal elegies and litanies of metaphysical loss.
Their touching
Before and Again,
Part of Corey,
Afford,
I'll Be on the Water
showed how the post-rock aesthetic could be applied to
Sufjan Stevens-like
folk-rock melody.
The eight-minute Italy is an exercise in rubber-band aerodynamics,
a lengthy slumber slowly accruing tension that is eventually released in a fit
of grandeur.
The split album
Akron/Family & Angels Of Light (Young God, 2005)
continued the experiment of
Angels Of Light's
Sing Other People:
Michael Gira backed by
Akron/Family.
The first seven tracks are by the band without Gira, and craft a
grandiose and energetic sound
(Moment, the eight-minute Future Myth, the gospel-y Raising the Sparks).
The seven-song EP Meek Warrior (Young God, 2006) offers a hodge-podge of
different kinds of tantalizing music, from ballads (Gone Beyond)
to complex post-rock scores (Blessing Force, The Rider).
Generally speaking, Love Is Simple (Young God, 2007) acknowledged their
debts to the Sixties in a more explicit manner
(the mini-suites Ed Is A Portal and especially There's So Many Colors referenced Neil Young in his hippie days),
but the confusion and chaos
increased to the point that most of the album was fluff disguised as creative
detours.
This was an EP stretched to become a full-length.
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(Translation by/ Tradotto da Luca Criscuoli)
Il quartetto folk/psichedelico di New York Akron/Family ha debuttato con Akron/Family (Young God, 2005), un album di sottofondo strumentale con orientamento paesaggistico sonoro per la modulazione di elegie surreali e litanie di perdita metafisica. Le loro toccanti Before and Again, Part of Corey, Afford, I'll Be on the Water mostrano come l’estetica del post-rock possa essere applicata ad una melodia folk-rock alla Sufjan Stevens. Il brano di otto minuti Italy è una prova di aerodinamica elastica, un lungo profondo assopimento che accumula tensione, liberandosi infine in un accesso di magnificenza.
L’album scisso Akron/Family & Angels Of Light (Young God, 2005) ha proseguito l’esperimento di Sing Other People degli Angels Of Light: Michael Gira accompagnato dagli Akron/Family. Le prime sette trace sono del gruppo, senza Gira, e costruiscono una sonorità pomposa ed energica (Moment, gli otto minuti di Future Myth, la gospel Raising the Sparks).
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