Akase Rust 12" Vinyl in sleeve and everything has to be

and everything has to be sincere

As far as I can see nothing's got better over the past year

a somewhat woozier Wall of Sound

a name inspired by a Guided By Voices song - subsequent albums like 2010s Dungeon Dots (which featured a guest vocal from fellow Brooklynite Sharon Van Etten)

Francis and bass player Kim Deal weave vocal harmonies of inimitable dissonance as guitarist Joey Santiago's leads ring like air-raid sirens

Akase Rust 12" Vinyl in sleeve and everything has to beFollowing the recent signing to ! K7, AKASE, the new collaborative project between Harry Agius (better know as Midland) and Robbie Redway reveal their first piece of new music 'Rust' formed in Leeds, written in London and finished in Berlin under the influence of Ewan Pearson. Will Saul, Aus Music boss and their A&R at ! K7 says "AKASE is steeped in the lush, intricate and textured sound of Midland (an artist I've worked with for his entire career so