c/d: akron/family

hahahahahahahahaahahahahahahaha no

― dave cool it (stevie), Thursday, January 26, 2012 9:27 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

ha yeah I was on my way out when I read this earlier but that's a leeeeetle overcooked

don't think it's the issue in any case

man, this sounds like some blink 182 shit

http://soundcloud.com/danabuoy/

lol these dudes what happened

this is prob the first band whose career I've followed closely enough that I've been able to see their descending arc in realtime

Seeing on Twitter that Miles Seaton passed away, sadly. These guys could be really good and I was holding out hope for a comeback.

RIP. They had a few fantastic songs and I will forever be jealous of my friends who saw them during the Angels of Light split era, where, iirc, a performance of "Raising the Sparks" literally spilled out of the venue and into the street. (I assume this was more or less standard practice on that tour.)

I never really warmed to their later stuff (and they were sadly not very exciting when I finally did catch them in the mid-2010s) but back in the self-titled/Angels of Light split era it really did seem like the sky was their limit for a little while

The one time I saw them was phenomenal, small club show and one of the few concerts I've been at where everyone was dancing start to stop.

This is really wretched news because two months ago a dear friend who was plagued with severe depression ended her struggle, and her last message to us all the day before (one of those ones that reads a little different now) included a link to her own favorite Akron/Family song, "Last Year." Heavy, heavy time.

Oh wow, I'm sorry Ned.

Sadly I never got to see them live, but I always hoped I'd get the chance. I know the latter stuff was a little more spotty, but I still like a lot of their material. In fact I had finally replaced my burned CD copy of the S/T album with an actual copy last summer.

very sorry to hear that ned

Thanks very kindly. There's lots more to say about her but we're all still feeling the loss. A real light.

Absolutely lovely thread about Seaton from another friend of mine.

In the mid 2000s until the early twentyteens Akron/Family was my absolute favorite live rock band. Life-affirming music. When they played on my radio show in college, Miles and I talked endlessly about music and he offered to dump his his entire external hard drive full of tunes

— Sam (@fax_me) February 19, 2021

akron family was one of the best live bands in the mid-00s, saw them quite a few times, first was during the angels of light split tour. After that one member left to be a monk they were not really up to that level live but man they were so special when they were. The last time I saw miles play was 6-7 years ago, it was in a large warehouse space and it was a duo of him and a cellist, with a choir diffusing out throughout the warehouse, walking around and singing at various levels to make this 3D surround sound experience. Not really sure what to think or say