Akron/Family Sub Verses

Akron/Family is a folk-influenced experimental rock band that formed in 2002, and is currently based in New York on the Dead Oceans label.

Though each member of the band — Miles Seaton, Seth Olinsky, Dana Janssen and formerly Ryan Vanderhoof — can be relegated to loosely defined roles (drummer, guitarist, bassist, vocalist), all of them in fact play several instruments and sing, as evidenced by their shows and recorded material. When playing live, the band makes prominent use of improvisation and vocal harmonies. On their self-titled debut record, field recordings of a creaking chair, thunderclaps and the white noise of a television find their way alongside psychedelic and electronic elements, guitars and a glockenspiel.

Akron/Family have announced their follow-up to 2011's Akron/Family II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT. Sub Verses is out April 30 in the U.S. (April 29 in the UK) via Dead Oceans. The album cover artwork up there is by Stephen O'Malley of Sunn O))). Check out album cut "No-Room" below.

Sub Verses was recorded in El Paso and Seattle, and was produced by Randall Dunn. Akron/Family have also announced a spring tour.

1.No Room
2.Way Up
3.Until The Morning
4.Sand Talk
5.Sometimes I
6.Holy Boredom
7.Sand Time
8.Whole World Is Watching
9.When I Was Young
10.Samurai