Akron Family en interview"An American Land."

Diffuseur
Le Drone

Date
Décembre 2009

Durée
6′

Réalisation
David Pais

Résumé
They pretty much sum up the last experimentations that have been going on in Brooklyn for the last decade. From pastoral folk to electronic distorted sounds, Akron/Family‘s music has no rules and their epic live performances earned them a solid reputation. Formed as a 4 piece band in Williamsburg, NY, back in 2002, these bearded fellows went through rough times when 2 years ago, original founder and songwriter Ryan Vanderhoof left the band to live in a Buddhist Dharma center in the Midwest. The group remained as a trio and released Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free, its most significant album so far.

Coming from rural America to NY to make music, Akron/Family aesthetic is a tribute to a poetic vision of the New World. Think large land, pioneers, hobos, Woody Guthrie, not Starbuck.

Here’s an interview of Akron/Family’s lead vocalist/guitarist Seth Olinsky and if you wanna watch their performance of River at Point Ephemere in Paris, just click on “Bonus” and then start a fire, invite some friends and jump into a lake butt-naked. That’s what we did.