Akron/Family II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT

Akron/Family II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT (sometimes spelled as Akron/Family S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT) is the fifth studio album by experimental rock band Akron/Family, released on February 8, 2011, on Dead Oceans Records.[9] This is the group's second album following the departure of founding member Ryan Vanderhoof as well as their second for Dead Oceans.

Akron/Family S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT
Studio album by Akron/Family
Released	February 8, 2011
Recorded	Jun 2010
Genre	Folk, psychedelic rock, experimental rock
Length	47:53
Label	Dead Oceans
Producer	Akron/Family
Akron/Family chronology
Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free (2009) Akron/Family S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT (2011) Sub Verses (2013)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	79/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Crackle Feedback	(8/10)[3]
Filter Magazine	(78%)[4]
Spin	[5]
Pitchfork	(7.9/10)[6]
Drowned In Sound	(8/10)[7]
InYourSpeakers	(72/100)[8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Akron/Family.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Silly Bears"	5:45
2.	"Island"	4:52
3.	"A AAA O A WAY"	2:07
4.	"So It Goes"	2:36
5.	"Another Sky"	5:12
6.	"Light Emerges"	5:41
7.	"Cast a Net"	3:58
8.	"Tatsuya Neon Purple Walkby"	0:43
9.	"Fuji I (Global Dub)"	2:23
10.	"Say What You Want To"	3:26
11.	"Fuji II (Single Pane)"	4:21
12.	"Canopy"	3:29
13.	"Creator"	3:18
14.	"Healing Vapor Prismatic" (Vinyl-only Bonus Track)	16:26

Personnel

• Ali Beletic – vocals
• Paul Gold – mastering
• Chris Koltay – engineer, mixing
• Tatsuya Nakatani – gong, percussion
• Martin Rietze – photography
• Ed Sortman – trumpet
• Ryan Vanderhoof – slide guitar

References

1. "S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT by Akron/Family". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
2. "Allmusic review".
3. "Crackle Feedback review".
4. "Filter Magazine review".
5. "SPIN review".
6. "Pitchfork review".
7. "Drowned In Sound review".
8. Bogen, Joseph (28 January 2011). "InYourSpeakers: Reviews: Akron/Family: Akron/Family II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT". Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
9. Oceans, Dead. "Akron/Family - S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT :: Dead Oceans". Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.