Noise pop
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| Cultural origins | Mid-1980s, United Kingdom and United States |
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Noise popis a subgenre ofalternativeandindie rockthat developed in the mid-1980s in the United Kingdom and United States. It is defined by its mixture of dissonantnoiseorfeedbackwith the songcraft more often found inpop music.[1]Shoegaze,another noise-based genre that developed in the 1980s, drew from noise pop.
History and characteristics
[edit]Noise pop has been described byAllMusicas "the halfway point betweenbubblegumand theavant-garde";the combination of conventionalpopsongwriting withexperimentalsounds of white noise,distortedguitars anddrones.Accordingly, the style "often has a hazy, narcotic feel, as melodies drift through the swirling guitar textures. But it can also be bright and lively, or angular and challenging."[1]AllMusic citesthe Velvet Undergroundas the earliest roots of the genre, with their experiments with feedback and distortion on their early albums.[1]
Early American alternative rock bands likeSonic Youth,Yo La Tengo,Hüsker DüandDinosaur Jr.,who mixed pop song structures with extreme guitar distortion and feedback, were immediate forerunners.The Jesus and Mary Chain's 1985 debut,Psychocandy,is considered by AllMusic to be the archetype for the noise pop genre ( "pretty much birthed the style" ).[1]Kareem Estefan ofStylus Magazinecited the album for "transforming the use of distortion in indie rock with its screeching abrasion, yet managing to feature some of the catchiest melodies of the 80s."[2]
Later in the 1980s, noise pop was a major inspiration for the Britishshoegazingmovement.[1]Influenced by The Jesus and Mary Chain,My Bloody Valentinestarted to experiment with a fusion of 1960spop musicand noise on their EP,The New Record by My Bloody Valentine,paving way to their forthcoming shoegazing sound.[3]Noise pop continued to be influential in theindie rockscene into the 1990s.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^abcdef"Noise Pop Music Genre Overview".AllMusic.Retrieved17 July2012.
- ^Estefan, Kareem (1 September 2003)."Jesus and Mary Chain - 21 Singles".Stylus Magazine.Archived fromthe originalon 3 March 2016.Retrieved25 September2013.
- ^Abebe, Nitsuh."My Bloody Valentine - The New Record by My Bloody Valentine".AllMusic.Retrieved24 March2015.
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