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Twee pop. Twee pop is a subgenre of indie pop [1] that originates from the 1986 NME compilation C86. [3] It is an offshoot of the twee movement, [4] characterized by its simplicity and perceived innocence, some of its defining features are boy–girl harmonies, catchy melodies, and lyrics about love. For many years, prominent independent record ...
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Jan 19, 2022 · 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 ...
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 ...
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Twee Pop is perhaps best likened to bubblegum indie rock -- it's music with a spirit of D.I.Y. defiance in the grand tradition of punk, but with a simplicity and innocence not seen or heard since the earliest days of rock & roll. Twee pop traces its origins to 1986, the year the British weekly NME issued a cassette dubbed C-86, which included a ...
Victor Kidwell, Features EditorDecember 14, 2021. Twee pop is a genre that came into being roughly around the release of British music magazine NME’s C86 compilation. Many took notice of the fact that C86 prominently featured music with light, lilting harmonies, and jangly guitars, which formed the basis of the twee-pop genre.
Apr 13, 2021 · Eventually, indie pop spawned what would be called “twee pop.”. Initially used as an insult towards indie pop’s often cutesy, tenderfooted exterior, the word “twee” — like many of the best insults of history — was eventually reclaimed by the community it was used against. Indie pop of the late ’80s and ’90s embraced a sort of ...
Feb 11, 2022 · Millennials shared slideshows of their twee days of yore—peter pan collars, berets, and cardigans—soundtracked by “Why Do You Let Me Stay Here,” the bubbly 2008 single by Zooey Deschanel ...
