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The Innocence Mission is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of GusGus, Henry Mancini, Joni Mitchell, Red House Painters and The Ocean Blue. Those roots explain a lot about how The Innocence Mission arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Laura Veirs, Jessica Pratt, Camera Obscura, Helena Deland and Julie Byrne, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sufjan Stevens, The Ocean Blue and Lomelda, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around The Innocence Mission, reaching back through GusGus and forward to Sufjan Stevens. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Innocence Mission is an American alternative rock and indie folk band that was formed in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1986. The group's current members are Karen Peris, her husband Don Peris, and Mike Bitts. While all of these members have contributed to the composition of the band's music, Karen Peris serves as The Innocence Mission's primary songwriter. She is also a multi-instrumentalist, additionally playing instruments such as the accordion and the Hammond organ on the band's releases. As of December 2024, the group has released a total of thirteen studio albums.
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The Innocence Mission connections
The Innocence Mission grew out of GusGus, Henry Mancini, Joni Mitchell and Red House Painters, shares an orbit with Laura Veirs, Jessica Pratt, Camera Obscura and Helena Deland, went on to shape Sufjan Stevens, The Ocean Blue and Lomelda. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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