On meeting Miles + Dancing

You might think, since I’m Extremely Online, that no news escapes me; however, it was only today that I learned of Miles Seaton’s passing, aged only 41. I feel very sad.

Even back in the heady days of the mid to late 2000s, I never missed an Akron/Family show when they were near - they were one of the few bands who weren’t local pals that I’d always make the extra effort to see. There was no feeling quite like listening to them do their wild, beautiful thing. I would dance, joyful and free, too free to care what an idiot I probably looked like.

The last time I saw Miles was when it quite serendipitously lined up that Akron/Family were playing a London show shortly after I moved to the UK. I danced there, too.

I said hi to Miles after the show, and he was like “don’t I know you from, like, Toronto?” and I told him I’d just moved to the UK. He told me he always remembered how I would dance with such carefree feeling when they came to Toronto/Guelph/Hamilton, and he thanked me for that, and I thanked him, and he gave me the biggest hug. You know sometimes in the space of a pretty insignificant social encounter you can just TELL someone’s got a genuine heart? Yeah, that was Miles Seaton out of Akron/Family.

So this news has given me great sadness, but I feel grateful for this person, and his work, and his heart. Thank you, Miles x

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