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Declan McKenna

Indie rock
Indie rock

Declan McKenna is a Indie rock act. Their sound grew out of Wunderhorse, Orla Gartland, Vlad Holiday, Sufjan Stevens and David Bowie. Those roots explain a lot about how Declan McKenna arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Wallows, Alfie Templeman, Blossoms, Inhaler and Sea Girls, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sam Fender, Imagine Dragons, Sabrina Carpenter and Orla Gartland, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around Declan McKenna, reaching back through Wunderhorse and forward to Sam Fender. 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
Declan McKennaWunderhorseOrla GartlandVlad HolidaySufjan StevensDavid BowieJames FordSam FenderImagine DragonsSabrina CarpenterOrla GartlandWallowsAlfie TemplemanBlossomsInhalerSea GirlsWunderhorseCoinThe Vaccines

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Declan McKenna connections

Declan McKenna grew out of Wunderhorse, Orla Gartland, Vlad Holiday and Sufjan Stevens, shares an orbit with Wallows, Alfie Templeman, Blossoms and Inhaler, went on to shape Sam Fender, Imagine Dragons, Sabrina Carpenter and Orla Gartland. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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