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logical warfare: Forming in a sticky mess on November 9th 2001 and driven by too much sugar in their diet, Akira love the noise that music makes. Based on a mutual love for pop and post-rock the noisenik trio began life spending a year in solitude - teaching themselves to work and play each other over - before they began to venture outside... Stage two involved honing their skills live - learning how to unleash pretty sonic assaults on unsuspecting members of the public with clinical precision. And party moves. In 2004 they initiated the third stage swapping Cambridge for London, books for days jobs and all moved into the same house. This seemed like a good idea at the time. Since then they've kept themselves busy and began to hit their stride: Beefing up with new effect pedals and an electric drumkit. Gathered unanimously rave reviews and underground respect; engineering their own live music events across the capital. They say they stand for star-gazing. A gang of three armed with the belief that 'popular' and 'dumb' don't need to fuck each other over all of the time. Their music has been described with adjectives: The evil stepchild of Mogwai and Nirvana force-fed a steady diet of Godspeed You! Black Emperor; dirty post-pop freedom fighters. Or something like that. Their influences include: The Karate Kid, Philip K Dick, The Chapman Brothers, Derrida, Battle Of The Planets, Chaos Theory, Father John, Edward Thomas, Alan Moore, Sleepwalker, Bourdieu, Jeremy Paxman, London Underground, David Fincher, Chris Morris, The American Dream and Jesus Christ. While their lyrical preoccupations involve: girls, evil aliens and global annihilation. Complaints consist of: "Yes, they may have post-rock leanings but that's meant in the best possible way, as their sound leans more towards the 'rock' end of things than the 'post'. For a three piece they make an epic and inspiring racket, and. they deserve to be snapped up by a major label immediately." (Joyzine.co.uk) "A frighteningly good proposition. Akira show enough promise here to suggest that they have serious potential, an unsigned band that can produce a track of the quality of 'The price of freedom' is a band to watch out for: keep your eyes on the skies." (God-isinthetv.tk) "This is rock at a pure level with ethereal undertones. It's only a shame that on this CD there were only two tracks. Both full of promise. the distillation of thrash and ghostly combined." (Glasswerk.co.uk) "Loud and fun. What genre do they fit, post rock, post punk, post hardcore? Not a band that is easy to fit into any category." (Ph-uk.co.uk) "Still young and full of new ideas. "It's just so complicated/It's all just so invigorating" sums up this band fairly well. I've been giving these tracks a few listens (indeed, on repeat for a good half hour) and they didn't get boring, I just seemed to delve deeper below the surface, lush as it is with decaying, amp shattering guitars." (Candyfactorylines.com) "Making me realise why we sift though hundreds of CDs each year. This is impossible to categorise and the songs don't even seem to start or end, they just happen and produce a beautiful echo-filled background to the room. I want more." (Tastyfanzine.org.uk) "It ends leaving you, kinda confused, a little scared and wondering what has exactly happened... what do you do?... Press play again." (Artrocker.com) "Live they're really something, bristling with more effects pedals than a three piece has any right to and making avant-garde chaotic noises that become songs before going back to noise." (Ishotthedeputy.com) They enjoy walks in the park and watching sunsets with loved ones. They are still not yet signed.
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