Akron Family

Akron Family is a folk-influenced experimental rock band that formed in 2002, and is currently based in New York, though occasionally pop to London for the odd gig.

Though each member of the band—Dana Janssen, Seth Olinsky, and Miles Seaton—can be relegated to loosely defined roles (drummer, guitarist, bassist, vocalist/guitarist respectively), all of them in fact play several instruments and sing.

Live, the band uses improvisation and four-part harmonies in prominence. 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.

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