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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 Alfie Templeman, Wallows, Blossoms, Inhaler and Sea Girls, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sabrina Carpenter, Orla Gartland, Imagine Dragons and Sam Fender, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 37 connections around Declan McKenna, reaching back through Wunderhorse and forward to Sabrina Carpenter. 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 FordSabrina CarpenterOrla GartlandImagine DragonsSam FenderAlfie TemplemanWallowsBlossomsInhalerSea GirlsThe AcademicPeach PitWunderhorse

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Declan McKenna connections

Declan McKenna grew out of Wunderhorse, Orla Gartland, Vlad Holiday and Sufjan Stevens, shares an orbit with Alfie Templeman, Wallows, Blossoms and Inhaler, went on to shape Sabrina Carpenter, Orla Gartland, Imagine Dragons and Sam Fender. 37 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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