Akron/Family
I'm very excited to hear that Akron/Family, Young God's latest coup, is coming to town with none other than M. Gira himself, formerly of Swans and now of The Angels of Light. Apparently, Akron/Family will be backing him as Angels of Light, so that's a lot of fun.
I have some questions for the guys in Akron/Family, so I hope they'll be around after the show.
Akron/Family - Suchness
I'm totally crushing hard on a lot of these songs; they fit somewhere between the experimental ethos of Animal Collective and the orchestral gothic pop of The Angels of Light. Clearly, a great fit on Young God. The song I posted isn't really the best on the record - actually, it's not the best by a long shot - but it's the song that most piqued my curiosity. See, the opening lyric is "I want to see the thing in itself / I don't want to think no more," then repeated several times. The first time I heard it I was all like, "What?" The second time I heard it I was all like "What! Yeah!" Difference. Totally HEGELIAN, brah. Absolute Phenomenology of Spirit up in that. I want to see if I'm interpreting that correctly. Does anyone know who writes the lyrics in Akron/Family? I have questions.
See, Hegel posited that all objects are not only objects in themselves, but are also containers of features. For instance, when I percieve a can of diet Coke, I don't only percieve a can in totality, I also percieve it as a cylinder. Sometimes, I percieve it as silver. Other times, I percieve it as bearing a label. When I do this, however, I lose the totality of the object. It's impossible to see the object as a whole object, plus all of its features and characteristics. Now, we could digress into the nature of self-consciousness &etc., but that's probably not a good idea. Suffice it to say, deep shit, dude.
Also, "Suchness"? Duns Scotus, anyone?
Anyway, Angels of Light are awesome, too. Should be a fucktastic show.
Buy Akron/Family's self-titled record here
I have some questions for the guys in Akron/Family, so I hope they'll be around after the show.
Akron/Family - Suchness
I'm totally crushing hard on a lot of these songs; they fit somewhere between the experimental ethos of Animal Collective and the orchestral gothic pop of The Angels of Light. Clearly, a great fit on Young God. The song I posted isn't really the best on the record - actually, it's not the best by a long shot - but it's the song that most piqued my curiosity. See, the opening lyric is "I want to see the thing in itself / I don't want to think no more," then repeated several times. The first time I heard it I was all like, "What?" The second time I heard it I was all like "What! Yeah!" Difference. Totally HEGELIAN, brah. Absolute Phenomenology of Spirit up in that. I want to see if I'm interpreting that correctly. Does anyone know who writes the lyrics in Akron/Family? I have questions.
See, Hegel posited that all objects are not only objects in themselves, but are also containers of features. For instance, when I percieve a can of diet Coke, I don't only percieve a can in totality, I also percieve it as a cylinder. Sometimes, I percieve it as silver. Other times, I percieve it as bearing a label. When I do this, however, I lose the totality of the object. It's impossible to see the object as a whole object, plus all of its features and characteristics. Now, we could digress into the nature of self-consciousness &etc., but that's probably not a good idea. Suffice it to say, deep shit, dude.
Also, "Suchness"? Duns Scotus, anyone?
Anyway, Angels of Light are awesome, too. Should be a fucktastic show.
Buy Akron/Family's self-titled record here
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