A style of rock music defined by the band Joy Division and numerous imitators. Modern purveyors include Interpol and Editors, much malighned by media for their similar vocal sound.
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A psychedelic style, but not "trippy" psychedelic, more a dreamy, distant feel.
Pioneeered by My Bloody Valentine, but few bands actually sound like them anymore.
Loud guitars and quiet vocals is a usual dynamic.
Shoegaze is defined by a certain guitar sound, so electronic bands such as M83would NOT be considered shoegaze, but could fit into the related genre of dreampop
A psychedelic style, but not "trippy" psychedelic, more a dreamy, distant feel.
Pioneeered by My Bloody Valentine, but few bands actually sound like them anymore.
Loud guitars and quiet vocals is a usual dynamic.
Shoegaze is defined by a certain guitar sound, so electronic bands such as M83would NOT be considered shoegaze, but could fit into the related genre of dreampop
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Get the shoegaze mug.A US postpunk-revival band, that despite comparisons with the UK band Editors implying that they are a ripoff
-Interpol predates Editors by years
-both bands are indebted to Joy Division, so the ripoff accusations are irrelevant
They are known for Paul Banks' distinctive vocals.
also some police group but who gives a fuck about that, right?
-Interpol predates Editors by years
-both bands are indebted to Joy Division, so the ripoff accusations are irrelevant
They are known for Paul Banks' distinctive vocals.
also some police group but who gives a fuck about that, right?
Interpol sounds just like Editors? Yeah, well I bet Iron Maiden tribute groups sound like Iron Maiden, too
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Get the neck wrecker mug.A catch-all term for the related genres of shoegaze and dreampop which avoids the contentious label shoegaze, which is rejected by many artists who fit the definition. It also avoids the contentious label shoegaze, which some use to refer ONLY to an 80s English rock scene, not modern American bands inspired by that scene.
Ceremony, Skywave, and A Place to Bury Strangers have all been inspired by shoegaze, but blissrock is a less contentious term.
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