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1. www.thedailybeast.com › what-the-hell-is-twee-aWhat the Hell Is ‘Twee’? A Genre? A Mindset? An Art Form?

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   It is a genre, wrapped in a mystery, inside a cardigan. There is a handy list on page 12 of Twee that identifies some common Twee characteristics—an awareness of darkness and cruelty in the ...

2. www.34st.com › article › 2022Twee Music: The Forefront of the Gentle Renaissance | 34th ...

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   Jan 20, 2022 · The music of Belle and Sebastian shapes Spitz’s definition of the Twee music that may very well make a comeback in 2022. Their unique indie–pop sound inspired artists to think outside the box and to approach music with simplicity, lightheartedness, and a new kind of creativity. Anti–folk, a modern approach to traditional folk music ...

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   • Beat Happening. Perhaps the greatest proponent of twee pop. Formed in Olympia, Washington (a twee pop hub) in 1982 by Calvin Johnson, Heather Lewis, and Bret Lunsford, the band are also a landmark in lo-fi music.
   • Tiger Trap. High school friends Angela Loy, Rose Melberg, Heather Dunn, and Jen Braun, the foursome only released one titular album on K Records but that was enough to secure their future influence.
   • Belle & Sebastian. Glasgow has a proud indie pop tradition and Belle & Sebastian are arguably the greatest exporters of the form from Scotland’s music capital.
   • The Field Mice. A Sarah Records artist, the London group might have tried their hand at a number of genres, including dance and punk, but it was all delivered with a sincere wide-eyed naivety.

4. pitchfork.com › the-surprise-endurance-of-tweeThe Surprise Endurance of Twee | Pitchfork

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   Feb 11, 2022 · Musically, twee had become equally vague and was often applied to any pop-leaning music that featured female vocalists or possessed an anti-macho attitude. Sixties nostalgia—the sentiment that ...

5. www.theatlantic.com › the-twee-revolution › 372273The Twee Revolution - The Atlantic

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   Jun 26, 2014 · With Twee: The Gentle Revolution in Music, Books, Television, Fashion, and Film, he’s given it a name, and he’s given it a canon. (The canon is crucial, as we shall see.) And if his book is a ...

6. www.bbc.com › article › 20140910-the-rise-of-tweeThe rise of twee - BBC

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   Oct 21, 2014 · Twee is nothing new in music, and it was British critic Simon Reynolds who first noted the “revolt into childhood” of certain 1980s indie bands, a genre he dubbed “cutie”. Nitsuh Abebe’s ...

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   Are twee pop bands influenced by indie music?

   • I'm just gonna be what I feel like being.'" The influence of early twee pop bands can be heard in modern-day artists such as Frankie Cosmos, Sidney Gish, Remember Sports, and Diet Cig. At once scrappy and incredibly comforting, the twee pop subgenre persists among the indie community.

   Twee Pop: 8 Essential Albums From the Subgenre - Popdust

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   Is twee pop the same as indie pop?

   • What’s probably less known, however, is that there’s an entire musical genre based around the aesthetic. Twee pop started as a subgenre of indie pop in the 80s and, as often happens with subgenres, some have had difficulty distinguishing between twee pop and indie pop. The differences do exist and they are key.

   A guide to twee pop in seven bands - Tone Deaf

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   What does twee mean in music?

   • The word twee started life meaning pretty or nice and derived from the sound a small child might make when attempting to pronounce the word ‘sweet’. In the UK the word became “chiefly derogatory” according to OED, meaning “excessively affected, quaint or sentimental”, and has since been reclaimed and redefined in the US by the indie-music scene.

   The rise of twee - BBC

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   What is twee pop?

   • Twee pop mainly stemmed from NME’s seminal C86 compilation of indie pop artists, but twee pop bands weren’t as jangly or loose, and their sound favoured simplicity and earnestness. Many of the songs were concerned with love, often unrequited, but it never wallowed in sadness. The songs were childlike and innocent, but didn’t feel lesser for it.

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8. www.popdust.com › twee-pop-introduction-2652563288Twee Pop: 8 Essential Albums From the Subgenre - Popdust

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   Apr 13, 2021 · From Beat Happening to Belle & Sebastian, we look at eight albums that came to define an underground subgenre. Abby Jones. Apr 13, 2021. courtesy of the artist. There's indie music. There's pop music. And then, there's indie pop. Before indie pop was used as a descriptor for left-leaning pop acts like HAIM, Gus Dapperton, and King Princess, the ...