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Hey Mercedes

Hey Mercedes is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Braid and Burning Airlines. Those roots explain a lot about how Hey Mercedes arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Braid, Knapsack, The Get Up Kids, Rainer Maria and The Appleseed Cast, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jets to Brazil, Saves the Day, Dashboard Confessional, The Anniversary and Hot Rod Circuit, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Hey Mercedes, reaching back through Braid and forward to Jets to Brazil. 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
Hey MercedesBraidBurning AirlinesJets to BrazilSaves the DayDashboard ConfessionalThe AnniversaryHot Rod CircuitThursdayPiebaldArmor for SleepBraidKnapsackThe Get Up KidsRainer MariaThe Appleseed CastThe Jealous SoundPiebaldJets to Brazil

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Hey Mercedes connections

Hey Mercedes grew out of Braid and Burning Airlines, shares an orbit with Braid, Knapsack, The Get Up Kids and Rainer Maria, went on to shape Jets to Brazil, Saves the Day, Dashboard Confessional and The Anniversary. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Hey Mercedes

Roots2

Sounds and acts that shaped Hey Mercedes.

Artists similar to Hey Mercedes

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Hey Mercedes.

Bands Hey Mercedes shaped

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