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Cavetown is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of AJR, mxmtoon, Pinegrove, Twenty One Pilots and Joji. Those roots explain a lot about how Cavetown arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Chloe Moriondo, mxmtoon, dodie, AJR and Lovejoy, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Frankie Cosmos, beabadoobee, Chloe Moriondo, HUNNY and Tessa Violet, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Cavetown, reaching back through AJR and forward to Frankie Cosmos. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Robin Daniel Skinner, known professionally as Cavetown, is an English singer-songwriter, record producer, and YouTuber. His style blends elements of indie rock, indie pop, and bedroom pop with mellow, gentle ukulele and guitar ballads.
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Cavetown connections
Cavetown grew out of AJR, mxmtoon, Pinegrove and Twenty One Pilots, shares an orbit with Chloe Moriondo, mxmtoon, dodie and AJR, went on to shape Frankie Cosmos, beabadoobee, Chloe Moriondo and HUNNY. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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