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Adam Young is a Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of Helios, Boards of Canada, The Album Leaf, The Postal Service and Dashboard Confessional. Those roots explain a lot about how Adam Young arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Midnight, Porter Robinson, Lena Raine, acloudyskye and Lullatone, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Switchfoot, Sekai no Owari, Carly Rae Jepsen, Paul van Dyk and Chicane, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Adam Young, reaching back through Helios and forward to Switchfoot. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Adam Young connections
Adam Young grew out of Helios, Boards of Canada, The Album Leaf and The Postal Service, shares an orbit with The Midnight, Porter Robinson, Lena Raine and acloudyskye, went on to shape Switchfoot, Sekai no Owari, Carly Rae Jepsen and Paul van Dyk. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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