Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Akai

Add Date: February 2


Artist: Akai

Album: The Coldest Hour (Is Just Before the Dawn)

Label: Self-released

Genre: Indie-rock

Comments: Akai's self-released album, The Coldest Hour (Is Just Before the Dawn) is a solid indie-rock album, full of a variety of instruments and alternating male-and-female vocals. The variety in the instrumentals and vocals is never jarring; instead, the album is full of smooth, never-sparse tracks that all have slightly different perspectives and focuses ("Drifted" is guitar and drum happy, whereas "Morning Follows Night" features a great trumpet line). The record is consistent in the layering of sound, and well worth a listen.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for turning me on to this album. I live in Minnesota and am a little disappointed in our local indie station (the current) because I had to find a great band from here via VA. Wow. Thanks again!

Anonymous said...

They're all in a weird religious cult from what I hear.

This guy says he's their brother. They've totally cut him off.

http://www.ryansutter.net/blog/2010/02/11/ahh-my-loving-jehovahs-witness-brother-and-sister/