{"id":162,"date":"2007-01-16T08:08:36","date_gmt":"2007-01-16T13:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2007\/01\/16\/akronfamily\/"},"modified":"2007-11-13T15:50:57","modified_gmt":"2007-11-13T20:50:57","slug":"akronfamily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/music\/2007\/01\/16\/akronfamily\/","title":{"rendered":"~Akron\/Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Akron_Family__1.jpg\" width=\"342\" height=\"336\" alt=\"Akron Family # 1-cover\" class=\"centered\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Akron_Family__2_CD.jpg\" width=\"357\" height=\"348\" alt=\"Akron Family # 2 CD\" class=\"centered\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Akron_Family___4_photo.jpg\" width=\"423\" height=\"331\" alt=\"Akron Family # 4-photo\" class=\"centered\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/AKRON_REVOLVER_USA_SAMPLR.jpg\" width=\"361\" height=\"356\" alt=\"Akron Family-REVOLVER SAMPLER\" class=\"centered\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I first heard the AKRON\/FAMILY song &#8216;Meek Warrior&#8217; on the <em>REVOLVER USA SAMPLER AUTUMN &#8217;06<\/em>,<br \/>\nand instantly fell in love.  The next day when I went  to OTHER MUSIC to buy their current CD &#8211;<br \/>\n<em>MEEK WARRIOR<\/em> &#8211; one of the store&#8217;s owners suggested I try AKRON\/FAMILY&#8217;S<br \/>\ndebut CD &#8211; the self-titled <em>AKRON\/FAMILY<\/em> first, since he felt it was a more focused CD.<\/p>\n<p>After following his advice, but still getting <em>MEEK WARRIOR<\/em>,  and listening to<br \/>\nboth CDs, I agreed with his assessment &#8211; though I liked <em>MEEK WARRIOR<\/em> alot.<br \/>\n<em>MEEK WARRIOR<\/em> is a good CD, highlighting this new group&#8217;s experimental adventures,<br \/>\nand jams.<\/p>\n<p>Their self-titled debut CD, <em>AKRON\/FAMILY <\/em>, is more structured, slower, and<br \/>\ndelivers a greater emotional punch, on top of some really new sounds.  The debut CD is so<br \/>\nawesome &#8211; as to rank, in my mind, as high as, <em>Who  Will Cut Our Hair<\/em>, the  first<br \/>\nUNICORN CD. But whereas <em>Who Will Cut Our Hair<\/em> was playful in tone,<br \/>\nthe <em>AKRON\/FAMILY<\/em> debut CD is serious and sad.<\/p>\n<p>image 1: <em>AKRON\/FAMILY<\/em> CD cover<br \/>\nArtwork by ALBERTUS SEBA from the &#8216;The Cabinet of Natural Curiosities&#8217; courtesy of Taschen Books<\/p>\n<p>image 2: <em>AKRON\/FAMILY<\/em> CD<\/p>\n<p>image 3: Akron\/Family Photo  &#8211; <em>MEEK WARRIOR<\/em> CD insert<br \/>\nPHOTO BY DEBORAH SAMANTHA<\/p>\n<p>image 4: REVOLVER USA SAMPLER AUTUMN &#8217;06 &#8211; CD cover<\/p>\n<p>AKRON\/FAMILY, <em>AKRON\/FAMILY<\/em> &#8211; copyright akron\/family &#8211; &#8217;05 Young God Records<br \/>\nAKRON\/FAMILY, <em>MEEK WARRIOR<\/em> &#8211; copyright 2006 Akron\/Family &#8211; Young God Records 2006 <br \/>\nREVOLVER USA SAMPLER AUTUMN 2006 &#8211; MIDHEAVEN.11 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I first heard the AKRON\/FAMILY song &#8216;Meek Warrior&#8217; on the REVOLVER USA SAMPLER AUTUMN &#8217;06, and instantly fell in love. The next day when I went to OTHER MUSIC to buy their current CD &#8211; MEEK WARRIOR &#8211; one of the store&#8217;s owners suggested I try AKRON\/FAMILY&#8217;S debut CD &#8211; the self-titled AKRON\/FAMILY first, since [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}