Sub Verses

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]

Sub Verses
Studio album by Akron/Family
Released	April 30, 2013
Recorded	Jun 2010
Genre	Folk, psychedelic rock, experimental rock
Length	50:22
Label	Dead Oceans
Producer	Randall Dunn
Akron/Family chronology
Akron/Family II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT (2011) Sub Verses (2013)

Recording and release

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

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	72/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]
Beats Per Minute	68%
Consequence of Sound	[5]
musicOMH	[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.	Title	Length
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

• Dana Janssen
• Seth Olinsky
• Miles Seaton

Additional personnel

• Randall Dunn - Engineer, Mixing, Producer
• Michael Gira - Quotation Author
• Charles Godfrey - Assistant Engineer
• Eyvind Kang - String Arrangements
• Jason Kardong - Pedal Steel
• Jessika Kenney - Vocals
• TJ Nelson - Band Photo
• Stephen O'Malley - Design
• Leanne Pedante - Vocals
• Robert Pinsky - Composer, Lyricist
• Skerik - Horn
• Jason Ward - Mastering