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Sunset Rubdown is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Wolf Parade. Those roots explain a lot about how Sunset Rubdown arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Handsome Furs, Tapes 'n Tapes, Islands, Menomena and Destroyer, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Wolf Parade, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around Sunset Rubdown, reaching back through Wolf Parade and forward to Wolf Parade. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Sunset Rubdown is a Canadian art rock music group from Montreal. The band began as a solo project for Spencer Krug of Wolf Parade, who released his debut, Snake's Got a Leg, in early 2005. By the next year the project expanded to become a full band which included Camilla Wynne, Jordan Robson-Cramer, and Michael Doerksen.
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Sunset Rubdown connections
Sunset Rubdown grew out of Wolf Parade, shares an orbit with Handsome Furs, Tapes 'n Tapes, Islands and Menomena, went on to shape Wolf Parade. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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