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Caroline Polachek

Synth-pop
Synth-pop

Caroline Polachek is a Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of Kate Bush, Time to Pretend, Magdalena Bay, Blood Orange and These New Puritans. Those roots explain a lot about how Caroline Polachek arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Charli XCX, Weyes Blood, Rina Sawayama, Carly Rae Jepsen and Rose Gray, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Beyoncé, Justin Bieber, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Delorean and Danny L Harle, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 67 connections around Caroline Polachek, reaching back through Kate Bush and forward to Beyoncé. 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
Caroline PolachekKate BushTime to PretendMagdalena BayBlood OrangeThese New PuritansSquirrel FlowerWeyes BloodEartheaterBeyoncéJustin BieberThe Pains of Being P…DeloreanDanny L HarleTommy CashChristine and the Qu…A. G. CookCharli XCXWeyes BloodRina SawayamaCarly Rae JepsenRose GraySlayyyterKim PetrasRosalía

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Caroline Polachek connections

Caroline Polachek grew out of Kate Bush, Time to Pretend, Magdalena Bay and Blood Orange, shares an orbit with Charli XCX, Weyes Blood, Rina Sawayama and Carly Rae Jepsen, went on to shape Beyoncé, Justin Bieber, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart and Delorean. 67 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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