Genji: Accordion, Vocals Eve: Banjo, Vocals Hamlet: Drums Arjuna: Synth Don Quixote: Mandolin, Bass Oedipus: Flute, Clarinet, Bass Chia Pao-yu: Percussion, Vocals Don Juan: Glockenspiel Sherlock Holmes: Electric Guitar Odysseus: Trumpet
Album Producer: Eric Elvendahl
Influences
Radiohead
The Rosebuds
Stars
Sufjan Stevens
Yo La Tengo
L' Altra
Massive Attack
Mates Of State
Morrissey
The Owls
The Postal Service
Pedro The Lion
Depeche Mode
Elliot Smith
Iron & Wine
Johnny Cash
Low
Stephin Merritt
Arcade Fire
Beat Happening
Belle and Sebastian
Camera Obscura
Death Cab for Cutie
Rainer Maria
Sounds Like
Our first full-length album, "Pretty Songs About Ugly Things", is ready for shipment! Choose from the limited edition, hand printed pre-release for $15, or the Commercial Edition for $9.99. Same tunes, different package. Both free shipping!
Track list:
1 - Prologue
2 - As Legs Get Slower
3 - Beautiful
4 - Adrift
5 - The Fall
6 - Hardened Soil
7 - The First Song of April
8 - Sold
9 - Camera
10 - The Best A Man Can Find
11 - Picking Flowers In The Dark
12 - Mute
Akai is an indie rock band based in Saint Paul, MN. Sprouting from the efforts of two of it's core members in 2000, in early 2005 producer Eric Elvendahl began to arrange and record their songs with full instrumentation, which by 2006 grew into their first full-length album entitled "Pretty Songs About Ugly Things". Today Akai draws on the talents of up to 10 musicians for live support, playing mandolin, glockenspiel, flute, synth, accordion and banjo.
Hi Robbie! Thanks for the kind words and for being an adorable model. I love your songs..so sweet and cozy :) I think our bands would sound good on a bill together, eh?
"Struggles & Lulls", the brand new album from Joan Coffey, is available now on ITunes
'a voice that can enchant. Coffey's vocal chords deliver liquid gold with a divine Irish lilt.' FATEA Records 'charming and honest'. Time Out 'Joan's music exudes a warmth, humility and truth that is rare to find in singer-songwriters these days'. Thea Gilmore
