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The Academic is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Talking Heads, Vampire Weekend, New Order, Elvis Costello and The Strokes. Those roots explain a lot about how The Academic arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Royston Club, Coin, Inhaler, Bad Suns and Phoneboy, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Louis Tomlinson, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around The Academic, reaching back through Talking Heads and forward to Louis Tomlinson. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Academic are an Irish indie rock band from Killucan, County Westmeath. The band consists of Craig Fitzgerald, Dean Gavin, and brothers Matthew and Stephen Murtagh.
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The Academic connections
The Academic grew out of Talking Heads, Vampire Weekend, New Order and Elvis Costello, shares an orbit with The Royston Club, Coin, Inhaler and Bad Suns, went on to shape Louis Tomlinson. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced The Academic
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