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The Walkmen is a Indie rock act. Their sound grew out of John Lennon, Leonard Cohen, French Kicks, The Dig and Gene Clark. Those roots explain a lot about how The Walkmen arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Hamilton Leithauser, Tapes 'n Tapes, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, TV on the Radio and Interpol, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Asobi Seksu, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Fleet Foxes, Surfer Blood and The Broken Family Band, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 40 connections around The Walkmen, reaching back through John Lennon and forward to Asobi Seksu. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Walkmen connections
The Walkmen grew out of John Lennon, Leonard Cohen, French Kicks and The Dig, shares an orbit with Hamilton Leithauser, Tapes 'n Tapes, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and TV on the Radio, went on to shape Asobi Seksu, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Fleet Foxes and Surfer Blood. 40 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced The Walkmen
Sounds and acts that shaped The Walkmen.
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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with The Walkmen.
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