◇ image via WikipediaCruel Summer
Cruel Summer is a Electropop and Synth-pop act. They run in the same orbit as Mumrunner, Presents For Sally, Crystal Canyon, Thrushes and The Vera Violets, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ace of Base, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 13 connections around Cruel Summer and forward to Ace of Base. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Cruel Summer connections
Cruel Summer shares an orbit with Mumrunner, Presents For Sally, Crystal Canyon and Thrushes, went on to shape Ace of Base. 13 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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