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The Velvet Teen

The Velvet Teen is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Magnetic Fields and The Breeders. Those roots explain a lot about how The Velvet Teen arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Maritime, Minus the Bear, Pedro the Lion, As Tall As Lions and The Appleseed Cast, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Russian Circles, Death Cab for Cutie, Minus the Bear, Rx Bandits and Pompeii, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around The Velvet Teen, reaching back through The Magnetic Fields and forward to Russian Circles. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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The Velvet Teen is an American independent rock trio from Sonoma County, California.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
The Velvet TeenThe Magnetic FieldsThe BreedersRussian CirclesDeath Cab for CutieMinus the BearRx BanditsPompeiiMaritimeMinus the BearPedro the LionAs Tall As LionsThe Appleseed CastSomeone Still Loves …TV on the RadioUgly Casanova

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The Velvet Teen connections

The Velvet Teen grew out of The Magnetic Fields and The Breeders, shares an orbit with Maritime, Minus the Bear, Pedro the Lion and As Tall As Lions, went on to shape Russian Circles, Death Cab for Cutie, Minus the Bear and Rx Bandits. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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