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Akron/Family
- Record Label: Dead Oceans Records
- Release Date: Feb 8, 2011
- Summary: The experimental trio's fifth album was produced by Chris Koltay and features former band member Ryan Vanderhoof as a guest vocalist.
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- Record Label: Dead Oceans Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Experimental Rock
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Feb 16, 2011They're the kinds of songs that make you want to run into the street and scream to the universe that life is beautiful and magical, which is a pretty nice feeling as long as you can stop worrying about whether people think you're crazy.
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Mar 15, 2011Completely nonsensical, yes; yet also the perfect way of describing this album as the whimsy-filled journey through life it is.
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The WireApr 28, 2011The barbershop harmonies are, as always, impeccable, while the blend of acoustic and electronic textures is subtle and unforced. [Mar 2011, p.58]
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Feb 11, 2011Organic and jubilant, it successfully weaves psych, world, rock, and folk traditions into something new and endlessly compelling.
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Feb 14, 2011Like most sequels, S/T II doesn't quite recapture the original's magic. But it evokes enough of Akron/Family's early work to appease old fans as well as new ones, pointing the group back, at long last, in the right direction.
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Feb 23, 2011Second self-titled albums are always interesting decisions, but The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT 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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Feb 28, 2011Akron/Family remain squarely on the frontline in the battle against bad vibes, and their Shinju TNT is a stylistic trainwreck of the most giddy and heartwarming order. Stay cosmic, fellas.
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