Name: Set Em Wild, Set Em Free
Brand: Akron / Family

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

cram144

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Discs

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2009-05-04

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Proper

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Akron / Family

Genre GB

Folk

Label GB

when they appeared on (or in parallel with) the reak-folk scene a few years back, akron/family seemed like unashamedly retro, flowers-in-their-beards kinds of fellows. the biggest surprise is that theyre now a trio given the massive sound of many of the songs here, and superb ensemble-playing youd think would take an entire incredible string band. thats a fair reference point, because the arrangements dart between acoustic folk and 70s-style prog (when it still had one foot in the blues). theres no mimsy here, though, and certainly none of the listless strumming and a pump organ approach to folk by many contemporary bands: the guitars have a byrds-y fluidity, the time-changes are frequent, the percussion never lets this become background music, and the vocals often holler, rather than feigning delicacy with the default hush of ersatz-folk.

Set Em Wild, Set Em Free

Music GB