Pitchfork

Hello, world, there's some experimental freak-folk that they're slingin'; and a whole lotta lovin' is what they'll be bringin'. Yep, Akron/Family are gonna make you happy on a North American tour setting off in September. But wait! Not before they go nuclear on France's Rock Dans Tous Ses Etats Festival (run that through Babelfish, it's awesome!) and that Roskilde thing which is apparently happening right this instant. Your mind is blown, no? And you haven't even heard any live Akron/Family yet. Just you wait.

What's more, all this wayfaring goes down in anticipation of Akron/Family's latest LP, the follow-up to last year's mini-album Meek Warrior. Young God Records will drop Love Is Simple on September 10. No complete tracklist yet, but it will include the tunes "Ed Is a Portal" and "Lake Song".

Family togetherness:

07-07 Evreux, France - Rock Dans Tous Ses Etats Festival
07-08 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival
09-06 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick *
09-07 Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium *
09-08 St. Louis, MO - Creepy Crawl *
09-10 Sarasota, FL - New College of Florida *
09-11 Orlando, FL - Back Booth *
09-12 Tallahassee, FL - Downunder Club *
09-13 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree *
09-14 Knoxville, TN - Bijou Theater *
09-15 Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club *
09-17 Raleigh, NC - Pour Haus *
09-18 Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel *
09-19 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church *
09-21 Columbus, OH - Wexner Center for Arts *
09-22 London, Ontario - LOLA Festival *
09-23 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace *
09-25 Guelph, Ontario - Vinyl *
09-26 Ottawa, Ontario - Barrymore's Music Hall *
09-27 Burlington, VT - Club Metronome *
09-28 Boston, MA - Harper's Ferry *
09-30 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom *
10-10 Palo Alto, CA - Stanford University *
10-11 San Francisco, CA - Independent *
10-12 Hollywood, CA - The Troubador *
10-13 Big Sur, CA - Fernwood Resort *
10-18 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards *
10-19 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe *
10-20 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge *

* with Greg Davis, Megafaun