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Cloakroom is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Russian Circles, Foo Fighters, The Cure, Joy Division and Jason Molina. Those roots explain a lot about how Cloakroom arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Greet Death, Downward, Nothing, Grivo and Gleemer, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Greet Death, Cold Gawd, Drug Church, Balance and Composure and Hum, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 59 connections around Cloakroom, reaching back through Russian Circles and forward to Greet Death. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Cloakroom is an American rock band from Chesterton, Indiana. Formed in 2012, by members of various emo revival bands, they released their debut EP Infinity through Run for Cover Records in 2013. The label soon released the band's debut album Further Out (2015), which helped to broaden the emo revival's sonic landscape, by incorporating elements of shoegaze, grunge and slowcore. Their following two albums Time Well (2017) and Dissolution Wave (2022), were released through Relapse Records, and saw the band shift their sound closer to metal. Their fourth album Last Leg of the Human Table (2025) was released by Closed Casket Activities.
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Cloakroom connections
Cloakroom grew out of Russian Circles, Foo Fighters, The Cure and Joy Division, shares an orbit with Greet Death, Downward, Nothing and Grivo, went on to shape Greet Death, Cold Gawd, Drug Church and Balance and Composure. 59 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Cloakroom
Sounds and acts that shaped Cloakroom.
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- Pity Sexartist
- Leaving Timeartist
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- They Are Gutting a Body of Waterartist
Artists similar to Cloakroom
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Cloakroom.
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- Downwardartist
- Nothingartist
- Grivoartist
- Gleemerartist
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- Ovlovartist
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- A Country Westernartist
- Modern Colorartist
- Humartist
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