◇ image via WikipediaThe Folk Implosion
The Folk Implosion is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Lowercase and Sebadoh. Those roots explain a lot about how The Folk Implosion arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Soul Coughing, Superchunk, The Halo Benders, Buffalo Tom and Stephen Malkmus, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lil Ugly Mane, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around The Folk Implosion, reaching back through Lowercase and forward to Lil Ugly Mane. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Folk Implosion is an American band founded in the early 1990s by Lou Barlow and John Davis. It was initially a side-project started by Barlow to explore different territory than that which was being canvassed with his primary band at the time, Sebadoh. The name is a play on the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. The band was on hiatus from 2004 to 2020.
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The Folk Implosion connections
The Folk Implosion grew out of Lowercase and Sebadoh, shares an orbit with Soul Coughing, Superchunk, The Halo Benders and Buffalo Tom, went on to shape Lil Ugly Mane. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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