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Midnight Youth is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Incubus, OK Go and INXS. Those roots explain a lot about how Midnight Youth arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Opshop and Elemeno P, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Birds of Tokyo and Angus & Julia Stone, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 7 connections around Midnight Youth, reaching back through Incubus and forward to Birds of Tokyo. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Midnight Youth were a New Zealand rock band formed in 2006. Their debut album, The Brave Don't Run, was released in 2009 in New Zealand and Australia. The band subsequently toured and played festivals across Australasia, the United States and Asia. Their second and last studio album, World Comes Calling, was released in October 2011. They played their last show on 2 March 2013.
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Midnight Youth grew out of Incubus, OK Go and INXS, shares an orbit with Opshop and Elemeno P, went on to shape Birds of Tokyo and Angus & Julia Stone. 7 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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