◇ image via WikipediaUgly (UK)
Ugly (UK) is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Everything Everything. Those roots explain a lot about how Ugly (UK) arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Courting, Squid, Man/Woman/Chainsaw, Racing Mount Pleasant and Geese, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Black Country, New Road and Lime Garden, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Ugly (UK), reaching back through Everything Everything and forward to Black Country, New Road. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Ugly is a London-based six-piece British art rock band from Cambridge formed in 2016. The group has performed with and been likened to Black Country, New Road and Lime Garden. Unlike contemporaries, Ugly boasts folk music instrumentation and rich and dramatic vocal harmonies. Their music has been described as art rock, post rock and experimental, while musical influences include choral music and music of the '60s and '70s. Their sound has also been compared to Mars Volta, Everything Everything and Adult Jazz.
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Ugly (UK) connections
Ugly (UK) grew out of Everything Everything, shares an orbit with Courting, Squid, Man/Woman/Chainsaw and Racing Mount Pleasant, went on to shape Black Country, New Road and Lime Garden. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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