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Dream Wife

Dream Wife is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Le Tigre, Debbie Harry, Grimes, David Bowie and Madonna. Those roots explain a lot about how Dream Wife arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Orielles, The Big Moon, Black Honey, TTSSFU and She Drew the Gun, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Vaccines, Sunflower Bean, The Kills, Garbage and Yeah Yeah Yeahs, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Dream Wife, reaching back through Le Tigre and forward to The Vaccines. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Dream Wife is an English-Icelandic, London-based band, whose sound is a mixture of punk rock, pop music and indie rock. The band consists of Rakel Mjöll, Alice Go, Bella Podpadec, and Alex Paveley on drums.

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Dream WifeLe TigreDebbie HarryGrimesDavid BowieMadonnaBe Your Own PetSleigh BellsThe VaccinesSunflower BeanThe KillsGarbageYeah Yeah YeahsTeen Jesus and the J…The OriellesThe Big MoonBlack HoneyTTSSFUShe Drew the GunScreaming FemalesPip BlomSunflower Bean

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Dream Wife connections

Dream Wife grew out of Le Tigre, Debbie Harry, Grimes and David Bowie, shares an orbit with The Orielles, The Big Moon, Black Honey and TTSSFU, went on to shape The Vaccines, Sunflower Bean, The Kills and Garbage. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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