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Though each member of the band — Miles Seaton, Seth Olinsky, Dana Janssen and formerly Ryan Vanderhoof — can be relegated to loosely defined roles (drummer, guitarist, bassist, vocalist), all of them in fact play several instruments and sing, as evidenced by their shows and recorded material. When playing live, the band makes prominent use of improvisation and vocal harmonies. 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.
In addition to their solo debut in 2005, the band played behind Michael Gira on his Angels of Light project as well as splitting a full length CD with Angels of Light.
In 2006, the band released an EP, “Meek Warrior,” a collaboration with master drummer/hero Hamid Drake which contained both more traditional folk music such as the lovely “Gone Beyond” and a pair of throbbing electric guitar monsters in “The Rider (Dolphin Song)” and the epic “Blessing Force,” which ends with an exploration into free jazz.
Sometime between the completion of [2007 release] Love Is Simple and Akron/Family’s 2007 U.S. tour, Vanderhoof left Akron/Family to live in a Buddhist Dharma center in the Midwest.
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Akron/FamilySunday 26 May 2013
Boise ID, United States
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raffy_rillo
Fantastic new record.
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itsmysandwich
The new album is fantastic. This band gets better with each release.
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tylerstravis
Missed you guys!
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Haddonfield69
Review at www.therealmusic.net http://www.therealmusic.net/sub-verses-2013
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sacason
Sub Verses is totally working for me
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SPHRTH
Sub Verses has some neat artwork.
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ryozombaku
sub verses 10/10
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henri-Q
I'm also loving Sub Verses a lot
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Vianouzz
Really realy digging it too
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clearwaterlab
sorry ya think that foetus, I am really really digging it.
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justfetus
new album is disappointing, but what could you expect?
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Blvd_Nights
also judging from hayzozo's charts, it's not like he's into this stuff anyway.
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Blvd_Nights
I saw them too in 2011, they were good for the most part but went on the verge of self parody at times. Not a bad show by any means (I've seen ten times worse) but I know a lot of people who saw them same show I did were not too impressed. Anyone heard the new album yet?
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clubanddeform
TRVE KVLT FOLK ROCK
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justfetus
yeah, I've been to 200+ shows and they were definitely memorable. Even with only 3 people (I wish I had seen them when they still had like 19 members)
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zombiesaresmart
The announcement of the new album made my day <3
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ShoesMcCoat
I've seen them in a packed house and with maybe 20 people at the venue and each time they played their hearts out. Ya'll are some crazy fools if you think they're horrible live. (coughcoughhayzozocoughcough)
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AnthonymBeck
mis u guys
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WasNotWhyNot
thus implying that music in the age you live in is somehow less desirable. that sounds vaguely like self-hatred, or am I reading too deep?
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Undrowned
This band is phenomenal for a 2,000's band.
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