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The Faint is a Indie rock act. Their sound grew out of Ladytron, Ratatat, The Prids, Brainiac and Antipop Consortium. Those roots explain a lot about how The Faint arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Rapture, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Hot Hot Heat, The Presets and Cursive, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Justin Warfield and Bright Eyes, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 45 connections around The Faint, reaching back through Ladytron and forward to Justin Warfield. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Faint connections
The Faint grew out of Ladytron, Ratatat, The Prids and Brainiac, shares an orbit with The Rapture, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Hot Hot Heat and The Presets, went on to shape Justin Warfield and Bright Eyes. 45 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced The Faint
Sounds and acts that shaped The Faint.
Artists similar to The Faint
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with The Faint.
- The Raptureartist
- Does It Offend You, Yeah?artist
- Hot Hot Heatartist
- The Presetsartist
- Cursiveartist
- Shiny Toy Gunsartist
- The Braveryartist
- Fischerspoonerartist
- Death from Above 1979artist
- Cansei de Ser Sexyartist
- Ratatatartist
- New Young Pony Clubartist
- Minus the Bearartist
- The Good Lifeartist
- Pretty Girls Make Gravesartist
- Fujiya & Miyagiartist
- Friendly Firesartist
- Greenskeepersartist
- Ima Robotartist
- The Thermalsartist
- Les Savy Favartist
- Yeasayerartist
- TV on the Radioartist
- Electric Sixartist
- LCD Soundsystemartist
- Architecture in Helsinkiartist
- Hellogoodbyeartist
- Islandsartist
Bands The Faint shaped
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