◇ image via WikipediaAzure Ray
Azure Ray is a Dream pop act. Their sound grew out of Crooked Fingers, Archers of Loaf, Mike Mogis, Sparklehorse and Veruca Salt. Those roots explain a lot about how Azure Ray arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Maria Taylor, Mirah, Stars, Ivy and Mates of State, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Paul Kalkbrenner and Taylor Swift, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Azure Ray, reaching back through Crooked Fingers and forward to Paul Kalkbrenner. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Azure Ray connections
Azure Ray grew out of Crooked Fingers, Archers of Loaf, Mike Mogis and Sparklehorse, shares an orbit with Maria Taylor, Mirah, Stars and Ivy, went on to shape Paul Kalkbrenner and Taylor Swift. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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