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The Connells is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of R.E.M., Jethro Tull, The Byrds, The Beatles and The Smiths. Those roots explain a lot about how The Connells arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Smithereens, Toad The Wet Sprocket, Liquido, Matthew Sweet and The Rembrandts, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Whiskeytown, Teenage Fanclub and Counting Crows, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around The Connells, reaching back through R.E.M. and forward to Whiskeytown. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Connells are an American musical group from Raleigh, North Carolina. They play a guitar-oriented, melodic, jangle-pop style of rock music with introspective lyrics that often reflect the history or culture of the American South.
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The Connells connections
The Connells grew out of R.E.M., Jethro Tull, The Byrds and The Beatles, shares an orbit with The Smithereens, Toad The Wet Sprocket, Liquido and Matthew Sweet, went on to shape Whiskeytown, Teenage Fanclub and Counting Crows. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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- The Lemonheadsartist
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