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Charlie Simpson

Indie rock
Indie rock

Charlie Simpson is a Indie rock act. Their sound grew out of Bon Iver, Coldplay, The Cure, U2 and Placebo. Those roots explain a lot about how Charlie Simpson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Frank Turner, City and Colour, James Blunt, Owen and Scouting for Girls, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Tim Cappello, Bullet for My Valentine and Gunship, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Charlie Simpson, reaching back through Bon Iver and forward to Tim Cappello. 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
Charlie SimpsonBon IverColdplayThe CureU2PlaceboTim CappelloBullet for My Valent…GunshipFrank TurnerCity and ColourJames BluntOwenScouting for GirlsRoo PanesJason MrazMumford & Sons

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Charlie Simpson connections

Charlie Simpson grew out of Bon Iver, Coldplay, The Cure and U2, shares an orbit with Frank Turner, City and Colour, James Blunt and Owen, went on to shape Tim Cappello, Bullet for My Valentine and Gunship. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Charlie Simpson

Roots5

Sounds and acts that shaped Charlie Simpson.

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Kindred20

Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Charlie Simpson.

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Legacy3

Where the influence of Charlie Simpson travelled next.

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