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Desperate Journalist is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Cure. Those roots explain a lot about how Desperate Journalist arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as THUS LOVE, She Drew the Gun, Eagulls, The Slow Readers Club and The Twilight Sad, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Desperate Journalist, reaching back through The Cure. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Desperate Journalist are an English, London-based post-punk band, formed in 2012. They released their self-titled debut album in 2015 on Fierce Panda Records. A second album, Grow Up, was released in March 2017. The band's third album, In Search of the Miraculous, was released in February 2019. A fourth album, Maximum Sorrow!, was released on 2 July 2021. Their fifth album, No Hero, was released on September 27, 2024.
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Desperate Journalist connections
Desperate Journalist grew out of The Cure, shares an orbit with THUS LOVE, She Drew the Gun, Eagulls and The Slow Readers Club. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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