Akron/Family was an American folk-influenced experimental rock band that fo… Read Full Bio ↴Akron/Family was an American folk-influenced experimental rock band that formed in 2002 in New York that is currently on hiatus. After their 2013 tour, the band decided to focus on personal projects, leaving the door open for a possible reunion in the future. Front man Seth Olinsky started his own band Cy Dune , Dana Janssen started the band Dana Buoy and Miles Seaton is pursuing a solo career under his own name.

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 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.

In addition to their solo debut in 2005, the band played behind Michael Gira on his Angels of Light project as well as splitting a full length CD with Angels of Light.

In 2006, the band released an EP, “Meek Warrior,” a collaboration with master drummer/hero Hamid Drake which contained both more traditional folk music such as the lovely "Gone Beyond" and a pair of throbbing electric guitar monsters in “The Rider (Dolphin Song)” and the epic “Blessing Force,” which ends with an exploration into free jazz.

Sometime between the completion of [2007 release] Love Is Simple and Akron/Family’s 2007 U.S. tour, Vanderhoof left Akron/Family to live in a Buddhist Dharma center in the Midwest.

The band has also released several tour EPs featuring demos and other recordings. In May of 2009, the trio released Set 'em Wild, Set 'em Free. This album serves as a blend of the previous albums with more acoustic-folk songs like "Set 'em Free," to fusion freak-outs like "Gravelly Mountains of the Moon."

In January of 2011 they released their album, "S/T II: The Cosmic Birth And Journey Of Shinju TNT ."

Akron/Family's sixth studio album, Sub Verses, was released on April 30, 2013 on Dead Oceans. The band toured for the album from January 29 to December 8, 2013. After the tour the band decided to focus on personal projects, leaving the door open for a possible reunion in the future.

Don't Be Afraid You're Already Dead
Akron/Family Lyrics

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(untitled) Weak and wounded sinner Lost and left to die Raise your head…
03. part of corey I know if I was travelling I would be safe And who…
05. i'll be on the water Thinking of you There's lightning bolts in my chest I know…
06. running returning Sooner, or later Everyone will know Within the shadows I…
09. sorrow boy Sorrowed boy With so much mind You look so tired With gla…
13. franny-you're human Please, Lord, give me strength To be nobody 'Cause I am no…

Afford The power I afford you Is the one I wish I had Over you…
asleep I saw a deer limp across A supermarket parking lot Last nigh…
Before I have to say something if I want to sing But…
Carry On Take me to that place where I can see You Lord…
corey I know if I was travelling I would be safe And who…
Creatures In dreams like these become the seeds with which we…
Crickets September nights when the dusk calls us outside Crickets si…
Don't Be Afraid Ooo, Ooo. Yeah, Yeah I don't want to be this way…
Dream Ho dormito così a lungo che non so chi siano…
Dum Dum Dum Dum Dum We bout to zone out yah I got niggas dats…
Dylan Part II Stand around, alone and happy. Sad, and found yourself to b…
Dylan Pt. 2 Mon pote a fait 5 ans d'études pour s'faire exploiter…
Ed Is A Portal Ed is a portal Ed is a portal And damned if we…
Everyone Is Guilty Everyone, everyone, everyone Everyone, everyone, everyone …
Franny Please, Lord, give me strength To be nobody 'Cause I am not…
Franny / You're Human Please, Lord, give me strength To be nobody 'Cause I am no…
Gone Beyond Gone, gone, gone beyond Gone completely beyond…
Holy Boredom Holy Boredom Holy Boredom, holy holy Boredom We want to liv…
How do I Know Shake These bones From their place Hold onto the sound Escap…
I'll Be on the Water Thinking of you There's lightning bolts in my chest I know y…
I've Got Some Friends bliss boy form awareness of purest brilliance sent to miscla…
Infinity PULSE we about to set this place on fire Du kommst…
Interlude Fratm, fratm Fratm, fratm, fratm ! Siamo mancati per un po'…
Introduction どうもみなさんこんばんは調布リットのお時間へようこそ今日こそファミリーを皆さんに紹介したいと思いますがどうでしょう…
Island We're off on the road to Rhode Island We're having the…
Italy The day breaks, it's broken And time comes undone Standing s…
Lake Song/New Ceremonial Music for Moms You stand so far away lake's in the distance top of bales…
Last Year Last year was a hard year For such a long time This…
Love And Space Lord, open my heart Lord, bring me near Lord, open my hear…
Love Love Love We are born one find day Children of God on our…
Lumen Wash out your eyes You've seen the dirty place I can't disgu…
Many Ghosts Hang my picture Cut my tree Swallow the forest Let's surr…
Meek Warrior Meek warrior courageous and humble Wise ruler outrageous an…
Moment INTRO: Why has the music stopped? Where did all the happy…
No Space In This Realm I listen for the door to crack Know that you're not…
No-Room No-Room And once we began to see Oh my oh my Eyes Wide…
Oceanside I'm moving to the oceanside, Where the air is pure and…
Of All the Things Of all the things I wonder the most The most often thing…
One Spring Morning Last night, I turned out the light, lay down and thought…
Part of Corey I know if I was travelling I would be safe And who…
Phenomena Phenomena, phenomena, phenomena. Things are not what they…
Pony's O.G. I followed you down to the river and I was…
Raising the Sparks Sadly we grieved As the groom lost his tongue And began to…
River And you are no longer river to me And you are…
Running Returning Sooner, or later Everyone will know Within the shadows In t…
Running, Returning Sooner, or later Everyone will know Within the shadows In th…
Sand Talk Sand Talk We are all and we are all we are Far…
Sand Time SAND TIME Wash off my hands, wash my head Watch these plans…
Say What You Want To It's like I just woke up one morning Looked at the…
Seattle It's who you are When I'm all alone with you It's who…
Shoes With you feet grounded Your thoughts turn toward the sky And…
Sometimes I Sometimes I Sometimes I, I grow tired Sometimes I, I get we…
Sorrow Boy Sorrowed boy With so much mind You look so tired With gla…
Sound There is a sound like breaking glass When water falls on…
Suchness I want to see the thing in itself I don't want…
The Alps & Their Orange Evergreen Just when you’ve finally forgotten you’re alive / your light…
The Rider 'S Rico O, Herz klopft, ja Aber Kopf ist leer Ganz leer,…
There's So Many Colors There's so many colors without the dirty windows Shades o…
They Will Appear I cannot make you Understand my soul By 18 it gold From e…
Today Sing a joyful song, my sisters Christ is risen from the…
Until the Morning Until the Morning Don't bother looking for a chair Just thr…
Untitled as time slowly goes by there's never a next time there's o…
We All Will Why do they think up stories that link my name…
When I Was Young When I Was Young When I was young I didn’t know That I…
Whole World is Watching WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING With or without the sand storm When…

[untitled] Weak and wounded sinner Lost and left to die Raise your head…

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