Great work Suede. some mighty fine records already covered. I think Indie Pop is pretty tough to define, which is why someone like REM might not fit with the rest. Seems like the bands generally regarded as indie pop are mostly British and occasionally Australian. While for some reason some American bands like R.E.M. and the incredible dB's get omitted.
And despite some of his other questionable remarks, JMan brought up another great American Indie Pop group in the 10,000 Maniacs, who had a few really good records.
I never really considered 10,000 Maniacs as an indie pop group; had more in common with a lot of the early alternative rock bands that got a lot of airplay on college rock radio of the era more than the early indie pop stuff.
A great intro to the genre. The only one you're missing (at least in my book) is The Clientele. They're easily one of the best indie pop groups of the past decade. Suburban Light especially is just incredible. It doesn't sound exaclty like the rest of their discography, mainly in that the vocals on that record were put through an amp, but god, it's a beauty. They remind me a lot of The La's (I would bet "There She Goes Again" was a huge influence). Outside of that minor omission, great job!
A great intro to the genre. The only one you're missing (at least in my book) is The Clientele. They're easily one of the best indie pop groups of the past decade. Suburban Light especially is just incredible. It doesn't sound exaclty like the rest of their discography, mainly in that the vocals on that record were put through an amp, but god, it's a beauty. They remind me a lot of The La's (I would bet "There She Goes Again" was a huge influence). Outside of that minor omission, great job!
I never really considered 10,000 Maniacs as an indie pop group; had more in common with a lot of the early alternative rock bands that got a lot of airplay on college rock radio of the era more than the early indie pop stuff.
Well you know how i feel about genres. I agree they don't sound like those British indie pop band. They were just Indie + Pop _________________ http://jonnyleather.com
A great intro to the genre. The only one you're missing (at least in my book) is The Clientele. They're easily one of the best indie pop groups of the past decade. Suburban Light especially is just incredible. It doesn't sound exaclty like the rest of their discography, mainly in that the vocals on that record were put through an amp, but god, it's a beauty. They remind me a lot of The La's (I would bet "There She Goes Again" was a huge influence). Outside of that minor omission, great job!
VERY well done! I thought it'd be pretty difficult to tackle such a broad genre, but you've done quite a thorough job here. Good stuff. _________________ 2023 Chart
Oops, I didn't read the entirety of the top of your original post. Read that and now that makes sense. A majority of the songs that make up Suburban Light were actually recorded and released in the 90s, but were only released together in 2000. That's what I was thinking of.
But once again, thanks for the list. A lot of great records there and a bunch more I need to check out.
First of all a huge well done to SuedeSwede and all those that helped on a really good and very difficult job...great stuff!!!
I do think The Byrds and Early R.E.M should be on the influences list.
And a cheeky request can we have an important record labels section (postcard, Sarah, Subway, Slumberland, Creation etc) added? as I think the label itself was a big part of the whole package...well it was for me
First of all a huge well done to SuedeSwede and all those that helped on a really good and very difficult job...great stuff!!!
I do think The Byrds and Early R.E.M should be on the influences list.
And a cheeky request can we have an important record labels section (postcard, Sarah, Subway, Slumberland, Creation etc) added? as I think the label itself was a big part of the whole package...well it was for me
Ne'er a truer word spoken, chap. And totally with you on the labels thing.
As for influences, we've all forgotten one MAJOR one...
That 3rd VU album could very well be the first indie-pop album ever conceived. Try and argue against After Hours being anything but proto-twee. And never has a more pure pop song been written than Pale Blue Eyes. How does it feel to be loved? _________________ 'Reggae' & t'ing Folk 'n Stuff SHAMELESS RECORD DEALER PLUG
I wouldn't do a very good job of a huge list of influences so I just covered some major ones. Anyone can contribute, feel free to make a record label post for yourself, I'll even add it to the OP <3 _________________
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