Angels of Light & Akron/Family

Spinning on Air | May 18, 2010

Michael Gira of The Angels of Light, and members of the band Akron/Family join host David Garland to present their new albums. Gira is a veteran of his 1980s loud, dark, harrowing band Swans, and has recently been recording equally intense but acoustically played songs as The Angels of Light. For the new album "The Angels of Light Play 'Other People,'" Gira enlisted as his backing musicians Akron/Family, a young ensemble whose own self-titled album is new on Gira's Young God Records label. Both albums are richly imaginative explorations of the possibilities of song. Akron/Family encompass psychedelia, home-spun harmonies, simple acoustic guitars, and elaborate soundscapes to create music that's introspective and mind-blowingly expansive all at once. In their work with Gira, Akron bring new depth to The Angels of Light. With the artists on hand to comment and elucidate, listen to these albums which are sure to become influential.
» Young God Records website
» Akron/Family website

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