Prepare yourselves for something different. Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free, Akron/Family’s forthcoming album, will exhibit a shift from their old folk freakouts in favor of anthemics slated to live up to the adjectives “wild” and “free.” Due May 5, the album is the band’s first on the Dead Oceans label and is the first recorded by Akron/Family as a trio of Seth Olinsky, Miles Seaton, and Dana Janssen.
Lately, their live shows have been rather explosive, and the group has tourdates scheduled nationally, notably at SXSW. I’m excited to hear this band’s transformation from the fireside noise of their first album to a sound that they (or at least their publicists) compare to Sly and the Family Stone.
Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free tracklisting:
1. Everyone Is Guilty
2. River
3. Creatures
4. The Alps & Their Orange Evergreen
5. Set 'Em Free
6. Gravelly Mountains of the Moon
7. Many Ghosts
8. MBF
9. They Will Appear
10. Sun Will Shine (Warmth of the Sunship Version)
11. Last Year
Tourdates:
03.01.09 - Santa Monica, CA - McCabe's Guitar Shop @
03.06.09 - San Francisco, CA - Hemlock Tavern
03.07.09 - San Francisco, CA - Hemlock Tavern
03.08.09 - San Francisco, CA - Hemlock Tavern
03.09.09 - Santa Cruz, CA - Brookdale Lodge
03.10.09 - Los Angeles, CA - Steve Allen Theatre
03.11.09 - Los Angeles, CA - Steve Allen Theatre
03.12.09 - Los Angeles, CA - Steve Allen Theatre
03.13.09 - Las Vegas, NV - The Aruba @ Neon Reverb Festival
03.17.09 - Denver, CO - Oriental Theatre
03.18.09 - Austin, TX - The Mohawk
03.19.09 - Austin, TX - The Mohawk - SXSW
03.22.09 - Hamilton, ON - The Casbah
03.23.09 - Toronto, ON - Sneaky Dees #
03.24.09 - Toronto, ON - Sneaky Dees #
03.25.09 - Montreal, QC - Il Motore #
03.26.09 - Montreal, QC - Il Motore #
03.27.09 - New York, NY - The New Museum
03.28.09 - Brooklyn, NY - Union Pool
03.29.09 - Brooklyn, NY - Union Pool
# Born Ruffians
@ Chris Darrow tribute show
