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New York freak-folk journeymen Akron/Family have lost one member (Ryan Vanderhoof, who left the band to live in a Buddhist Dharma center in 2007) and split with the label that introduced them to the world (Young God), but that's not enough to slow them down. On May 5, Dead Oceans will release Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free, the band's first album as a trio. Which begs the question: How do you set something wild? I'm pretty sure I've never heard that expression before.

Another question: How come Akron/Family haven't collaborated with the Dayton Family yet? Would that just make too much sense?

Anyway, Akron/Fam will celebrate the album's release by touring North America and playing shows with so many bands that I might run out of those footnote characters. Their shows are known for lasting well into the wee hours, so wear comfortable shoes.

Tracklist:

01 Everyone Is Guilty
02 River
03 Creatures
04 The Alps & Their Orange Evergreen
05 Set 'Em Free
06 Gravelly Mountains of the Moon
07 Many Ghosts
08 MBF
09 They Will Appear
10 Sun Will Shine (Warmth of the Sunship Version)
11 Last Year

Dates:

03-01 Santa Monica, CA - McCabe's Guitar Shop *^
03-06 San Francisco, CA - Hemlock Tavern #
03-07 San Francisco, CA - Hemlock Tavern $
03-08 San Francisco, CA - Hemlock Tavern ^
03-09 Santa Cruz, CA - Brookdale Lodge
03-10 Los Angeles, CA - Steve Allen Theatre %!
03-11 Los Angeles, CA - Steve Allen Theatre ~@
03-12 Los Angeles, CA - Steve Allen Theatre
03-13 Las Vegas, NV - The Aruba (Neon Reverb Festival)
03-17 Denver, CO - Oriental Theatre
03-18 Austin, TX - The Mohawk (Austinist/Gothamist Party)
03-19 Austin, TX - The Mohwak (Dead Oceans/Jagjaguwar/Secretly Canadian showcase)
03-22 Hamilton, Ontario - The Casbah +
03-23 Toronto, Ontario - Sneaky Dees <
03-24 Toronto, Ontario - Sneaky Dees <
03-25 Montreal, Quebec - Il Motore <
03-26 Montreal, Quebec - Il Motore <
03-27 New York, NY - The New Museum >
03-28 Brooklyn, NY - Union Pool {
03-29 Brooklyn, NY - Union Pool }

* with Ben Harper
^ with Howlin' Rain
# with Avocet
$ with Citay
% with Charlene Yi
! with the Hollywood Hotshots
~ with Golden Animals
@ with Max Maven
+ with Rock Central Plaza
< with Born Ruffians
> with the Lexie Mountain Boys
{ with Gold Sparkle Band
} with Larkin Grimm