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The Slip is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Do Make Say Think, Tortoise, Squarepusher, Built to Spill and The Flaming Lips. Those roots explain a lot about how The Slip arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Bravery, Dispatch, TV on the Radio, Grouplove and Dear and the Headlights, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bon Iver, Land of Talk and Justin Vernon, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around The Slip, reaching back through Do Make Say Think and forward to Bon Iver. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Slip is an avant-rock trio from Boston, Massachusetts. The band consists of Providence, Rhode Island brothers Brad Barr and Andrew Barr (drums), and Marc Friedman. The three also play with singer-songwriter Nathan Moore and keyboardist Marco Benevento in Surprise Me Mr. Davis. Brad and Andrew Barr additionally perform with Montreal-based ensemble The Barr Brothers.
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The Slip connections
The Slip grew out of Do Make Say Think, Tortoise, Squarepusher and Built to Spill, shares an orbit with The Bravery, Dispatch, TV on the Radio and Grouplove, went on to shape Bon Iver, Land of Talk and Justin Vernon. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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