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Tomberlin

Tomberlin is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Alex G, Bright Eyes and Dashboard Confessional. Those roots explain a lot about how Tomberlin arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Julie Byrne, Squirrel Flower, Haley Heynderickx, Julien Baker and Indigo De Souza, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Angel Olsen, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Tomberlin, reaching back through Alex G and forward to Angel Olsen. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Sarah Beth Tomberlin, known mononymously as Tomberlin, is an American contemporary folk musician and singer-songwriter based in Louisville, Kentucky.

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TomberlinAlex GBright EyesDashboard ConfessionalAngel OlsenJulie ByrneSquirrel FlowerHaley HeynderickxJulien BakerIndigo De SouzaHelena DelandWaxahatcheeSoccer Mommy

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Tomberlin connections

Tomberlin grew out of Alex G, Bright Eyes and Dashboard Confessional, shares an orbit with Julie Byrne, Squirrel Flower, Haley Heynderickx and Julien Baker, went on to shape Angel Olsen. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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