Akira are a
young, three-piece dirty post-pop band from Cambridge.
They are composed
out of Sarah (drums + violence) Gbenga (bass/vocals + stoicism) and
Joel (guitar/vocals + insanity). They met in a car-crash on November
9th 2001 and have been said to sound like a mix between Mogwai,
Coldplay and Nirvana. This is unintentional. They have been gigging in
and around Cambridge and London for over a year and have supported
bands as varied as Chikinki, Aereogramme, 22-20’s and Six By Seven. To
date they have recorded two EP’s: ‘Demonstration’ and ‘Selections of
Modern Music’. They have a large and dedicated local following and are
well known on the Cambridge live band circuit.
Their website,
which was launched in late 2003, to date has had over 2000 visits.
Plus they recently became SCA Battle of the Band finalists and won the
Cambridge APU Battle of the Bands.
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, Jeremy Paxman,
London Underground, David Fincher, Chris Morris, The American Dream
and Jesus Christ.
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