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Bishop Briggs

Bishop Briggs is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Joywave, Bleachers, The Beatles and MisterWives. Those roots explain a lot about how Bishop Briggs arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Elle King, Gin Wigmore, Sir Sly, Foreign Air and Jaymes Young, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Yeji, Coldplay, Kaleo, Cold War Kids and Sara Evans, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Bishop Briggs, reaching back through Joywave and forward to Yeji. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Sarah Grace McLaughlin, known professionally as Bishop Briggs, is an English singer and songwriter. Her single "River" peaked at number 3 on the US Alternative Chart, and has been streamed more than 485 million times on Spotify. It was included on her debut album, Church of Scars, released in April 2018. Island Records released her second album, Champion, in July 2019, which was included in The Young Folks Top 50 albums of the year.

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Bishop BriggsJoywaveBleachersThe BeatlesMisterWivesYejiColdplayKaleoCold War KidsSara EvansDebbie GibsonPentatonixDavid ArchuletaElle KingGin WigmoreSir SlyForeign AirJaymes YoungAmerican AuthorsMeg MyersAWOLNATION

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Bishop Briggs connections

Bishop Briggs grew out of Joywave, Bleachers, The Beatles and MisterWives, shares an orbit with Elle King, Gin Wigmore, Sir Sly and Foreign Air, went on to shape Yeji, Coldplay, Kaleo and Cold War Kids. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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