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Braid is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Shudder To Think, Jawbreaker, Fugazi, Samiam and Jawbox. Those roots explain a lot about how Braid arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Jazz June, Rainer Maria, Kind of Like Spitting, The Get Up Kids and Jets to Brazil, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Balance and Composure, Basement and Biffy Clyro, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Braid, reaching back through Shudder To Think and forward to Balance and Composure. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Braid is an American emo band from Champaign, Illinois, formed in 1993.
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Braid connections
Braid grew out of Shudder To Think, Jawbreaker, Fugazi and Samiam, shares an orbit with The Jazz June, Rainer Maria, Kind of Like Spitting and The Get Up Kids, went on to shape Balance and Composure, Basement and Biffy Clyro. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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