◇ image via WikipediaThe Clean
The Clean is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Enemy and The Fall. Those roots explain a lot about how The Clean arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Bailter Space, Yo La Tengo, Josef K, Young Marble Giants and Felt, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bailter Space, The Courtneys, Pavement and Yo La Tengo, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 19 connections around The Clean, reaching back through The Enemy and forward to Bailter Space. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Clean was a New Zealand indie rock band formed in Dunedin in 1978. They have been described as the most influential band to come from the Flying Nun label, which recorded many artists associated with the "Dunedin sound", and one of the first bands to be described as "indie rock".
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The Clean connections
The Clean grew out of The Enemy and The Fall, shares an orbit with Bailter Space, Yo La Tengo, Josef K and Young Marble Giants, went on to shape Bailter Space, The Courtneys, Pavement and Yo La Tengo. 19 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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