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Belle and Sebastian

Indie rock
Indie rock

Belle and Sebastian is a Indie rock act. Their sound grew out of The Smiths, Nick Drake, Thin Lizzy, Trevor Horn and Young Marble Giants. Those roots explain a lot about how Belle and Sebastian arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Camera Obscura, Yo La Tengo, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The New Pornographers and The 6ths, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Chaos Chaos, Snow Patrol, Mark Lanegan, Norah Jones and The Vaselines, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 42 connections around Belle and Sebastian, reaching back through The Smiths and forward to Chaos Chaos. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Belle and SebastianThe SmithsNick DrakeThin LizzyTrevor HornYoung Marble GiantsVoxtrotCold CaveThe VaselinesChaos ChaosSnow PatrolMark LaneganNorah JonesThe VaselinesKings of ConvenienceLos Campesinos!CorneliusCamera ObscuraYo La TengoThe Pains of Being P…The New PornographersThe 6thsTeenage FanclubBeulahThe Vaselines

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Belle and Sebastian connections

Belle and Sebastian grew out of The Smiths, Nick Drake, Thin Lizzy and Trevor Horn, shares an orbit with Camera Obscura, Yo La Tengo, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart and The New Pornographers, went on to shape Chaos Chaos, Snow Patrol, Mark Lanegan and Norah Jones. 42 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Belle and Sebastian

Roots10

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Legacy15

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