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Long Beard

Long Beard is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Faye Wong. Those roots explain a lot about how Long Beard arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Soft Blue Shimmer, Jay Som, Snail Mail, Squirrel Flower and Alvvays, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Japanese Breakfast, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around Long Beard, reaching back through Faye Wong and forward to Japanese Breakfast. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Leslie Bear, professionally known as Long Beard, is an American musician from East Brunswick, New Jersey.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Long BeardFaye WongJapanese BreakfastSoft Blue ShimmerJay SomSnail MailSquirrel FlowerAlvvaysruno plumBABEHOVENBarrie

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Long Beard connections

Long Beard grew out of Faye Wong, shares an orbit with Soft Blue Shimmer, Jay Som, Snail Mail and Squirrel Flower, went on to shape Japanese Breakfast. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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