Sub Verses

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Sub Verses
Akron Family Sub Verses.jpg
Studio album by
Akron/Family
ReleasedApril 30, 2013
RecordedJun 2010
Genre Folk, psychedelic rock, experimental rock
Length50:22
Label Dead Oceans
Producer Randall Dunn
Akron/Family chronology
Akron/Family II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT
(2011)		Sub Verses
(2013)

Sub Verses is the sixth and final studio album by experimental rock band Akron/Family. It was released on April 30, 2013, on Dead Oceans Records. [1]

Contents

Recording and release

The album was recorded in Seattle and El Paso and was produced by Randall Dunn. [2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 72/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [4]
Beats Per Minute 68%
Consequence of Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Pitchfork Media 7.0/10 [7]
Popmatters 6/10 [8]
This Is Fake DIY 7/10 [9]

Sub Verses has received generally positive reviews so far. [3]

Thom Jurek of Allmusic praised the album, writing "Sub Verses offers such a disciplined sense of exploration, multivalent nuance, and commitment in its production and performance; it stands out in an already very distinguished catalog." [4] This Is Fake DIY's Anna Byrne wrote that while "Some of the extremes on the album feel awkward - the heavy metal too heavy, the loops of death overlooped, the calm too suddenly silent," Sub Verses is "a deep, yawning collection of exciting musical experiments to dunk yourself into." [9]

Jordan Mainzer gave Sub Verses a mixed review, writing "Sub Verses may be genre hopping, but it’s not a particularly challenging listen as compared to its predecessors, albums that were both challenging and fun." [6]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."No-Room"6:43
2."Way Up"5:12
3."Until the Morning"5:00
4."Sand Talk"4:32
5."Sometimes I"4:55
6."Holy Boredom"4:09
7."Sand Time"3:10
8."Whole World is Watching"5:21
9."When I Was Young"6:05
10."Samurai"5:15

Personnel

The following people contributed to Sub Verses: [10]

Akron/Family

Additional personnel

References

  1. ↑ Akron/Family | Sub Verses. Dead Oceans Records. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  2. ↑ Minsker, Evan. Akron/Family Announce New Album Sub Verses, Listen to New Track "No-Room" Now. Pitchfork Media. 22 January 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  3. 1 2 Critic Reviews for Sub Verses. Metacritic. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  4. 1 2 Jurek, Thom. Sub Verses - Akron/Family. Allmusic. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  5. ↑ Kivel, Adam. Album Review: Akron/Family - Sub Verses. Consequence of Sound. 30 April 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  6. 1 2 Mainzer, Jordan. Akron/Family – Sub Verses. musicOMH. 29 April 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  7. ↑ Gaerig, Andrew. Akron/Family: Sub Verses. Pitchfork Media. 1 May 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  8. ↑ Fiander, Matthew. Akron/Family: Sub Verses. Popmatters. 30 April 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  9. 1 2 Byrne, Anna. Akron/Family - Sub Verses. This Is Fake DIY. 29 April 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  10. ↑ Sub Verses - Akron/Family : Credits. Allmusic. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
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